Farm attack, 4 armed attackers overpower, rob owner, Darling
A farm attack took place on Saturday 28 January 2023, at 23:00, on a farm in Darling in the Western Cape province of South Africa. A man was confronted by four attackers armed with knives and forced...
View ArticleFarm murder, man strangled, wife assaulted, tied up, Potchefstroom
A farm murder took place on 2 February 2023, at 08:30, on a farm along M.C. Roode drive in Potchefstroom in the North West province of South Africa. Four attackers overpowered Charl Bekker (74) outside...
View ArticleFarm workers arrested after attacking farmer, damaging vehicle, Coega
On Sunday 22 January 2023, a farmer (53) near Coega in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa managed to avoid serious injury when he made it into his home and locked the door. This after...
View Article22 Farm attacks, 3 farm murders in South Africa, January 2023
During the month of January 2023, there were twenty two farm attacks and three farm murders in South Africa. During the month of December 2022, there were fourteen farm attacks and one farm murder in...
View ArticleFarm attack, 4 armed attackers overpower, tie up 3 victims, Kameeldrift West
A farm attack took place on 4 February 2023, at 20:30, on a small holding in Kameeldrift West, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Residents were braaiing outside and as they went back into the...
View ArticleFarm attack, 4 attackers posing as police attack couple, rob firearms, Selborne
A farm attack took place on Sunday, 5 February 2023, at 16:30, on a farm in Selborne near Addo, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. A 68-year-old Addo farmer and his wife (65) were robbed at...
View ArticleFarm attack, family tied up, home ransacked, Mooinooi
A farm attack took place on Saturday night, 4 February 2023, on a farm in Mooinooi, in the North West province of South Africa. Four attackers, of which two were armed with firearms, gained access to...
View Article5 Suspects impersonating police invade farm, demand access to the safe, Franklin
Five males arrived on Newlands Farm, in the franklin area in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa in two vehicles on the night of 8 February 2023. The one male was dressed in SAPS uniform and the...
View ArticleFarm attack, numerous firearms robbed, 6 suspects sought, Kestell
A farm attack took place on 9 February 2023, at 10:15, on the farm Modderfontein in the Kestell area, 25km from Bethlehem on the T2524 road, in the Free State province of South Africa. Six armed...
View ArticleFranklin farmer attacked twice in one week, security officer shot, 6 arrested
A second farm attack took place at the same farm in the Franklin area in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa within a week. The farm attack took place on 14 February 2023, at 18:30. The farmer,...
View ArticlePolice report on the Franklin farm attacks – 6 Suspects to appear in Kokstad...
Police have arrested six suspects aged between 40 and 42 for attempted murder, attempted robbery, impersonating a police officer and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. They will appear...
View Article8 Farm attacks, 1 farm murder in South Africa, 1 -15 February 2023
During the first fifteen days of February 2023, there were eight farm attacks and one farm murder in South Africa. During the month of January 2023, there were twenty two farm attacks and three farm...
View ArticleTshipise farm attacker arrested, robbed firearms recovered, Musina
Members of the Trio Task Team in the Vhembe District have arrested a 35-year-old suspect for a farm attack and house robbery, possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition at Nzhelele Ha Rabali on...
View ArticleFarm attack, worker shot, operation nets 3 suspects, firearms, Stoffberg
A farm attack took place on 17 February 2023, at 17:00, on a farm in Stoffberg, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Three armed attackers arrived at the farm in a vehicle and while the farmer...
View ArticleFarmers assist with own helicopter and drone to track down attackers,...
On the 23 February 2023 at about 07:15 a shooting was reported at a farm in the district of Wesselsbron, in the Free State province of South Africa. The Station Commander, Lt Colonel Kemane Lekitlane...
View ArticleFarm attack, couple tied up, home ransacked, vehicle robbed, Vryheid
A Farm attack took place on 25 February 2023, at approximately 03:00, on the farm Zaailagte, in Vryheid in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Johan Els and his partner were overpowered in...
View ArticleFarm attack, young man hacked with panga, shot in the chest, Kameeldrift West
A farm attack took place on 25 February 2023, at about 02:15 on a smallholding in Kameeldrift West, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. A man (25) who resides in a separate part of the home that...
View ArticleFarm murder, elderly man killed, wife critically injured, Mnandi, Centurion
A farm murder took place on the afternoon of 27 February 2023, on a smallholding, in the Mnandi area in Centurion, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. An unknown number of attackers invaded the...
View ArticleFarm murders in South Africa –‘Only 33% of murder suspects are arrested’
The civil rights organisation AfriForum on 28 February 2023, launched its annual farm murder report for 2022. The report compares the number of farm murders with the number of suspects apprehended....
View ArticleFarm attack, couple assaulted, man seriously injured at their private game...
A farm attack took place on Tuesday 28 February 2023, at 20:00, at the Dube Private game lodge, in Brits, in the North West province of South Africa. The owners, Gert Scheepers (67) and Celia Scheepers...
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