HAENERTSBURG – A buffalo killed Professional Hunter (PH) Claude Kleynhans (54) in what is believed to have been a freak accident on the banks of the Levubu River shortly before midday on Tuesday, 22 May.

Kleynhans was the owner of Guwela Hunting Safaris. It is believed the buffalo hit a femoral artery and Kleynhans, one of the country’s finest ethical hunters, died almost instantly. His ex-wife, Corina van der Merwe, speaking from Kleynhans’ farm in Agatha, said Claude and his party had shot and killed a buffalo as planned. They were going to clear the bush around the carcass and load it when another buffalo blindsided Kleynhans.

Well-liked, Kleynhans, a fervent Christian, grew up in Modjadjiskloof and joined the police before moving into the PH world…