14 Farm attacks, 1 farm murder in South Africa – December 2022
During the month of December 2022, there were fourteen farm attacks and one farm murder in South Africa. One farm attack was successfully averted. During November 2022, there were twenty one farm...
View ArticleMusina farm attack: 6 Attackers arrested, 8 stolen firearms recovered
Members of the Trio Task Team in the Vhembe District on the night of Wednesday 11 January 2023, conducted an intelligence driven operation that led to the arrest six suspects following a farm attack...
View ArticleMusina farm attack: 2 More arrested, suspects linked to another farm attack
Investigators attached to the Task Team that made a breakthrough on the night of 11 January 2023, in which six suspects were arrested and eight firearms recovered have arrested two more suspects and...
View ArticleFarm attack, attackers break into home, victims robbed, Andeon
A farm attack took place on 12 January 2023, at 03:30 on a smallholding in Andeon in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Cement slabs were removed from the boundary wall by at least three attackers...
View ArticleFarm attack, farmer hospitalised after being shot, Bishopstowe
A farm attack took place on 12 January 2023, at 03:00 on a farm in the Bishopstowe area in Pietermaritzburg in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Sensors picked up intruders on the farm and...
View ArticleFarm attack, elderly trio saved after swift response by Farm Watch, Hendrina
A farm attack took place on 10 January 2023, at 20:00, on a farm in Hendrina, in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. An unknown number of attackers gained entry to the home by breaking in through...
View ArticleFarm attack, severely assaulted and kidnapped farmer fights back, saves...
A farm attack took place on the morning of 14 January 2023, on a farm in the Leandra police district, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. An elderly farmer had gone out to feed his chickens...
View ArticleFarm attack, wounded owner returns fire, kills 1 attacker, Kleinmond
A farm attack took place on Friday 13 January 2023, at 06:00, on a farm along the R43 road between Kleinmond and Botrivier in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Dr. Russell Reuvers (71) was...
View ArticleFarm murder, farmer fatally wounded, wife assaulted, tied up, Badfontein
A farm murder took place on 15 January 2023, at 06:30, in Badfontein, near Lydenburg, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Johan Nortje had gone to take his vehicle out when two attackers opened...
View ArticleFarm attack, another farmer critical after being shot in Bishopstowe
A second farm attack took place on 14 January 2023, on a farm in Bishopstowe, Pietermaritzburg in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. This follows an attack in the same area on 12 January 2023,...
View Article11 Farm attacks, 3 farm murders in South Africa, 1 – 15 January 2023
As the police continue refusing to make theses atrocities priority crimes there were, in first fifteen days of January 2023, another eleven farm attacks and three farm murders in South Africa. During...
View ArticleBadfontein farm murder, 1 attacker shot, robbed bakkie recovered
A 36-year-old male suspect has been arrested at Spring Valley in Witbank in connection with a farm murder that occurred on 15 January 2023 at a certain farm in Badfontein near Lydenburg around 06:30....
View ArticleFarm attackers invade home, rob victim, load livestock on vehicles, Verena
A farm attack took place on the morning of Tuesday 17 January 2023, at about 02:00, at Welwediend in Verena in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The quick response by the police, after a...
View ArticleFarm attack, farmer shot in the face, Montagu
A farm attack took place on Sunday 22 January 2023, at 19:15, on a farm in Montagu, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. A farmer, Steyn Joubert and his family were at their home when an...
View ArticleFarm attack: ‘Good Samaritan’ farmer assaulted, tied up, robbed, Steytlerville
On 22 January 2023, at about 20:30, a farmer (65) who is staying alone on a farm in Steytlerville heard his heard his dogs barking and did not go outside. While he was still sitting in his living room,...
View ArticleFarm attack, woman critical after being shot in the face, Brits
A farm attack took place on Sunday 29 January 2023, at 05:00, on a farm near Brits in the North West province of South Africa. Anet Coetzee (57), who stays in the home with her young son was in the...
View ArticleFarm attack, woman (76), workers attacked by seven gunmen, Hartbeespoort
A farm attack took place on 30 January 2023, at 07:00, on a farm in Rietfontein, in Hartbeespoort, in the North West province of South Africa. Seven armed attackers arrived at the farm and overpowered...
View ArticleFF Plus condemns senseless farm attack on teacher outside Brits
The FF Plus condemns the senseless farm attack on 29 January 2023, on Anet Coetzee, a well-known teacher from Brits. Anet lives on a farm just outside Brits. Anet was reportedly shot in the face with a...
View ArticleFarm attack, 2 workers shot, home raided, Linton
A farm attack took place on 30 January 2023, between 22:00 and 00:00, at Hamburg farm, in Linton, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Five armed attackers, of which at least two were armed,...
View ArticleFarm attack, man severely assaulted, robbed in his home, Polokwane
A farm attack took place on 19 January 2023, between 02:00 and 03:00, on a smallholding in Polokwane in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Mr. Obie Oberholzer, who is a foreman on the property and...
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