126 Farm attacks in 11 months as recorded by SA Rural Security
In only eleven months, SA Rural Security has recorded 272 rural security incidents. From January 2016 until November this year the incidents noted are based on news reports, social media and tracking...
View ArticleFarm attack – suspects shoot at family – De Doorns
Stephan Jacobs and his family were surprised by three suspects who broke into their house around 00H30 on Thursday, December 1, 2016. The farm Westland, situated in the Cape Winelands District, Breede...
View ArticleFarmer shot and killed – Limpopo
Another farmer shot and killed in the Waterberg District, Thabazimbi Municipality, Spitskop small holdings, Limpopo on Friday, December 2nd. 54-year-old Bertie Cilliers was shot by armed and dangerous...
View ArticleFarmer murdered during robbery – Whiteriver
On Friday, December 2, farmer Mark Hariaris and his wife were overpowered by two suspects who gained access to their residence situated in the Ehlanzeni District, Mbombela Municipality, White River,...
View ArticleFarmer brutally stabbed during an attack – Delareyville
On Monday, December 5 Johan van Niekerk was assaulted on his farm outside of Delareyville, North West by two attackers. Van Niekerk was hit over the head and stabbed by the attackers during a violent...
View ArticleSix suspects target a farm in Spitskop
On Saturday, December 10, six suspects targeted a farm in Spitskop, outside of Ermelo. The farmer Luke Muller rents a farmhouse and plot of land. Muller was busy outside when six black males approached...
View ArticleDoornbult Farmer shot in the leg during attack – suspects detained
On Sunday, December 11, Basie and Hester Badenhorst became victims of yet another horrific farm attack. The farm is situated in Doornbult, Makwassi area, North West Province. Four armed suspects...
View ArticleFarmer (63) shot in the stomach during attack – Mpumalanga
A 63-year-old farmer Kobus Koekemoer was overpowered by two armed suspects on his farm situated in the Ehlanzeni District, Mbombela Municipality, Hazyview, Kiepersol, Mpumalanga. On Sunday, December...
View ArticleZimbabwean in Court for the killing of a Northern Cape Farmer
On Friday, December 9th Hennie Oosthuizen was stabbed three times in his back by Bigboy Phiri, a Zimbabwean who worked on the farm. After the attack, he fled the scene but was arrested shortly...
View ArticleEight Suspects assaulted two women during a farm attack – NW
On Monday, December 12, in the Bojanala District, Madibeng Municipality, Mooinooi, Barnardsvlei, Farm B48, North West eight suspects initiated a surprise attack on two females and one male while they...
View ArticleMan critical after attack on a smallholding near Vereeniging
A man is in a critical condition after being attacked and shot twice, by armed robbers on a smallholding near Vereeniging. Raymond Forbes (64) is fighting for his life in the intensive care unit of the...
View ArticleSmallholding in Pretoria targeted by four suspects
On Wednesday, December 14, four armed suspects targeted a smallholding situated in the Bashewa district of Pretoria. The suspects overpowered the owner and tied up the residents. The house was...
View Article66-Year-old assaulted in farm attack in Port Elizabeth
On Wednesday morning, December 14, three armed suspects gained entry to a farm situated in the Van Stadens area, Nelson Mandela Bay District, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. The three suspects broke into...
View ArticleKlerksdorp farmer shoots suspects during an attack
Two male suspects and one female suspect entered a farm in Renosterspruit outside of Klerksdorp on Friday, December 16. Calmly they told the farmers, Johan and Jossie Pollard they wanted to buy cattle...
View ArticleFarmer (26) shot and killed – Rustenburg
On Thursday, December 15, Schalk Lourens and his wife were returning to their Rhenosterfontein smallholding situated in the Bojanala District, Rustenburg Municipality. As the couple arrived at the...
View ArticleFirearm misfiring during farm attack saves farmer’s life
On Sunday, December 18, a farmer Solly Ferreira escaped from being killed or seriously injured when a black male attacked him on his farm situated in the Sekhukhune District, Elias Motsoaledi...
View ArticleFarmer shot by four suspects – North West
On Monday, December 19, four suspects gained access to a farm in the Mareetsane area, North West Province. The suspects wounded “Oom” Piet Vorster in his big toe and attacked his wife, Helga; they...
View ArticleGun misfires during farm attack – Bela-Bela
Around 03H00 this morning, two armed suspects gained entry to a farm residence on the farm Roodekuil, Waterberg District, Bela-Bela Municipality, Warmbad, Limpopo. The farmer, Gerhard Louw still in...
View ArticleFarmer hit on the head with a rock during attack – Nelspruit
On Wednesday, December 21, four suspects targeted the Nelsrif farm, in the Ehlanzeni District, Mbombela Municipality, Nelspruit, Brondale, Mpumalanga. Four suspects, two of which were armed attempted...
View ArticleFarm attacker poses as firearm license inspector
On Tuesday, December 20, two black men and a woman posing as gun inspectors, with forged documents entered a farm near Cookhouse, Glen Avon, Blue Crane Route Municipality, in the Eastern Cape Province....
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