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Man (74) attacked with a saw and knife during smallholding attack

On Thursday, February 23, around 16H30, Mr. Kenneth Leggo (74) was attacked and overpowered by two suspects on his property situated in Tzaneen. The suspects attacked Leggo with a saw and a knife...

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Man overpowered at his gate, threatened with knife

On Wednesday, February 22, a Mr. Francis Botha (58) was attacked and overpowered at his gate by two suspects. The two suspects demanded money from Botha who lives in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal and...

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Five suspects arrested after gruesome farm attack

Five suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent Dullstroom farm attack. Brig. Leonard Hlathi confirmed that the suspects have been arrested but could not release any other information at...

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Son finds body of murdered father on smallholding

Another brutal murder of a smallholding farmer on Saturday, February 25. The body of a man Pieter Jacobs (79) was found by his son on his smallholding in the Hartswater area, Francis Baard District,...

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Man attacked on a smallholding in Zeerust

Late last night, Saturday, February 25, Mr. Dave Hough and family of Rietvalley Zeerust district was attacked and assaulted by unknown suspects. The suspects assaulted Mr. Hough, tied up the residents,...

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Farm attack on farm Rietpoort near Nigel

There was another farm attack this morning, February 26 around 6H00. Three armed and dangerous suspects held up the farmer on the Rietpport farm outside Nigel. The suspects assaulted the farmer and...

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Farmer shot in head during farm attack near Nigel

Nigel police confirmed that Jeanette and Johan Meyer were on Sunday, February 26 around 06H30 attacked by three suspects on their farm Rietpoort. Jeanette (54) was assaulted by the suspects and tied...

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Front National approaches the British Government on farm attacks

Front National (FN) approached The Right Honorable Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, The Honorable Tobias Ellwood MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for...

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Elderly man assaulted and robbed on his way to his farm 

A 79-year-old East London nursery owner, Gerald Muller was attacked by four suspects on Sunday, February 26 around 9 am in the morning. Muller an active member in the Floradale Nursery, an 80-year-old...

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Safety and security of rural community a priority: SAPS

The Groenpoort Rural Safety Monthly Meeting took place last night. Captain Thivhulawi Tshilate – Communication Officer and Social Crime Prevention Co-ordinator and Warrant Officer Jacques Bierman –...

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Four suspects arrested in connection with Arlington farm attack

Four suspects were arrested shortly after the wife of a farmer was attacked at her home near Arlington in the Free State. The suspects waited in the garage on the farm Roodekraal for Pauline van Zyl,...

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Brutal times for South African farmers

The month of February 2017 will forever be remembered by the Farming community of South Africa as one of the most brutal and bloody months thus far under ANC rule. Over the past 20 years, our people...

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Your plans do not work anymore- TAU accuses Government

“If a farmer’s weapon lies in the safe, he must rather sell it.” Said Henry Geldenhuys, deputy president of TAU SA and chairman of the union’s safety committee. Geldenhuys says farmers will have to...

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Seven suspects attacked a Home for the Disabled on a farm

The police in Mpumalanga are looking for a group of seven suspects who attacked a Home for the Disabled, on a farm near Balfour on Tuesday, 28 February 2017. According to information, a contract worker...

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Goodwill Zwelithini condemns farm killings

The Zulu king, Goodwill Zwelithini, said during the opening of the Natal legislature in Pietermaritzburg that the ongoing killings of white farmers must not only be condemned by whites, but by all...

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Suspect arrested in connection with Solik family murder

The police have arrested a 43-year-old suspect in connection with the Christine and Roger Solik kidnapping and murder during a brutal farm attack in Nottingham Road, KwaZulu-Natal. The suspect will be...

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Anneline Kriel condemns gruesome farm murders in South Africa

Anneline Kriel Bacon, a former beauty queen and Miss World titleholder, condemns the horrendous farm murders happening in South Africa. Anneline said, that she supports Afriforum in their endeavor to...

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‘Burn down white-owned farms’ – Solidarity takes action

Torch all white-owned farms? Well, says labour movement Solidarity, if this is what you suggest, we are taking you to the South African Human Rights Commission and charge you will criminal prosecution....

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South African Farmers Need to Adopt ‘Bywoner’ Policies for Security

South African farmers need to adopt the old “bywoner” policy of offering accommodation to needy Afrikaner families to assist them and also to boost farm security, the president of the International...

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Couple attacked on smallholding, man fatally shot

On Thursday, March 2, around 21H19, a gang of seven suspects attacked a couple residing on a Mooiplaats smallholding, situated in Boschkop, Tshwane municipality. Guards, a 3m high wall, electric fence,...

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