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2 Farm attacks in South Africa, 1 -15 May 2022
In the first fifteen days of May 2022 there were 2 farm attacks in South Africa, during this period there were no farm murders. During the month of April 2022, there were twelve farm attacks and three...
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Farm murders, discriminatory policies, land invasions – AfriForum calls on...
The South African civil rights organisation AfriForum has called on international media outlets to acknowledge the extent to which minority communities in South Africa are being threatened by...
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Farm attack averted, 1 suspect arrested, Newcastle
A farm attack was successfully averted on 18 May 2022, at 17:40, in Newcastle, in the Kwa-Zulu Natal province of South Africa. In many instances farmers movements and routines are closely observed and...
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Virtual walk against South African farm attacks and farm murders
TLU SA invites South Africans to join forces virtually against crime with a virtual walk on 16-17 June. “South Africa’s farmers, their families and workers are being attacked and killed more and more...
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Farm attack, young couple ambushed, tied up, Kariega
A farm attack took place on 23 May 2022, at 18:00 on a smallholding near Kariega in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. A young couple had just arrived home and as they entered the house they...
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Farm attack, man shot in both legs during house invasion, Boschkop
A farm attack took place on Tuesday 24 May 2022, on a smallholding at Donkerhoek in the Boschkop area east of Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Vernich Smith (41), his wife Tanya, their...
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Farm murder: Bullet riddled body of missing farmer (74) found, Verulam
A farm murder took place on a farm in Canelands, Verulam, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The Reaction Unit South Africa R44 helicopter helped in the search for a farmer and former...
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Farm attack cases: ‘Prosecution rate of 30% is not at all acceptable’
The FF Plus is concerned about the low success rate of the prosecution (30%) of cases related to farm attacks. In reply to a parliamentary question by the FF Plus in the National Council of Provinces...
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Farm murder, farmer shot, wife severely assaulted tied up, Schoemanskloof
A farm murder took place on Tuesday 31 May 2022, at 21:00, on the farm Koedoeshoop in Schoemanskloof in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. A farmer was shot dead at his back door after attackers...
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10 Farm attacks, 2 farm murders in South Africa – May 2022
During the month of May 2022, there were ten farm attacks and two farm murders in South Africa. During this period two farm attacks were successfully averted. During the month of April 2022, there were...
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Farm attack, famous Comrades runner seriously injured, Melodie, Hartbeespoort
A farm attack took place on Sunday 29 May 2022, on a smallholding at Melodie, Hartbeespoort, in the North West province of South Africa. The well known Comrades runner Vlam Pieterse (65) was very...
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Farm attack, pregnant woman strangled and assaulted, Hazyview
A farm attack took place on Tuesday 31 May 2022 on a farm in Hazyview, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Celeste Vorster (36) was taking a mid morning nap in the bedroom. She was alone at...
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Schoemanskloof farm murder, victim identified as Jakes Snyman (57)
The farmer who was shot to death during a farm attack at Schoemanskloof, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa on 31 May 2022 has been identified as Jakes Snyman (57). Snyman farmed with cattle...
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Arriving at the scene of a farm attack or murder is something that one cannot...
Farm attacks and murders have a huge impact on the humanity of the farmers, their families, and workers … it changes their outlook on life. South Africa’s farmers, their families and workers are being...
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Rural Security Summit postponed again – ANC and police not serious about farm...
South Africa is bleeding and still the SAPS has decided to postpone the Rural Security Summit for a second time, and this clearly shows that neither the police service nor the government are serious...
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Farm murder, foreman hacked with panga, brutally killed in front of owner,...
A farm murder took place on Monday 13 June 2022, on a small holding in Danielskuil, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Andries Jacobs (39) the farm foreman was brutally murdered when he...
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Farm attack, woman assaulted, tied up, firearms stolen, Camperdown
A farm attack took place on Tuesday 21 June 2022, at 10:00, in Camperdown in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The farmer, a woman, was overpowered and assaulted in her home by two attackers,...
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Farm attacks, stock theft: Rural Safety Summit to go ahead, Parys, 27 June 2022
The South African Police Service (SAPS) will host a two-day Rural Safety Summit in Parys, Free State from 27–28 June 2022. The Summit aims to ensure the safety and security of the farming community...
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Rural Safety Summit – 15 Member national working committee established
A fifteen member national working committee has been established to ensure safer rural and farming communities. The committee was established during a two-day Rural Safety Summit hosted by the South...
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Rural Safety Summit: TLU SA –‘Cele’s comments are dangerous’
Police Minister Bheki Cele has not for the first time found himself on the wrong side of South African farmers with his statement that farmers who employ illegal foreigners complicate the SAPS’ work to...
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