On 22 November 1977, a Tuesday, Robert was at his office in Springs, wrapping up the last bits and pieces of his political campaign.

Jeanne was out running errands in the afternoon, chauffeured by the family’s driver, Daniel Tshabalala.

Daniel would later inform investigators that Jeanne had returned from a busy day in the city, at approximately 18:10 and, the last time he saw her alive, was when he left the residence at 18:50.

Robert’s office workers assisted investigators with building a timeline when they noted that somewhere between 19:14 and 19:40, they had received a phone call from Jeanne asking for her husband’s whereabouts.

Jeanne, according to the workers, wanted to inform her husband that the anti-National Party voters he was due to meet with at his residence had arrived and were awaiting him.

Jeanne’s body was later found slumped over the phone, an indication that she met her fate in the worst manner imaginable, shortly after she had dropped the phone.