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Farm attack: 7 Orphaned children and couple tied up, Bronkhorstspruit

A farm attack took place on 10 February 2020, at 04:45 in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng province, South Africa. At least 4 attackers, gained access to a farm house by digging under the electric fence, and...

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Farm attack: Guests attacked in a cottage on a Franschhoek farm

A farm attack took place on a farm in Franschhoek on 11 February 2020, at 00:05. Guests who were staying in a cottage on the farm were held up by at least three attackers just after midnight. Two of...

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Brutal farm murder: AfriForum supports family at court

AfriForum’s Trauma Support Unit last week supported the family of Fanie and Colleen Engelbrecht at the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court in the East Rand after the couple was brutally murdered during a farm...

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Farm attack, elderly couple assaulted, tied up, Delportshoop

The Police are investigating a farm attack that took place after three unknown men forced themselves into a farmhouse on 14 February 2020 at about 19:30, at the farm ‘Eureka’ situated about 25 km...

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Farm attack, woman ambushed by 3 attackers, Nelspruit

A farm attack took place on 15 February 2020, at 15:00 in Burnside, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga province. A woman who was outside in the garden of her home busy cutting grass, was surprised and attacked by...

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10 Farm attacks and 2 farm murders in South Africa, 1-15 February 2020

During the first fifteen days of February 2020, there were ten farm attacks and two farm murders. During the month of January 2020, there were seventeen farm attacks in South Africa. During this period...

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Farm murder: Farmer simply gunned down, nothing stolen, Seven Fountains

A farm murder took place on 10 February 2020, in Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape province. A couple was walking home to their farm when they were stopped by two unknown suspects. Without warning, one of...

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Farm murder: Cattle farmer (63) brutally murdered, Giyani

A farm murder took place on 12 February 2020, in Giyani, Limpopo province. Soyaphi Nkuma (63) left his home at 02:00 to look for his cattle. The cattle farmer was later found dead by community members....

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Farm attack, ambushed woman draws firearm, probably saves her life, Bloemhof

A farm attack took place on 16 February 2020, in Bloemhof, North West province. Three attackers ambushed a female victim upon her arrival at her home. She fought back and managed to break free from the...

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Farm attack, elderly woman brutally assaulted, Stanford

A farm attack took place on 17 February 2020, in Stanford, Western Cape province. An elderly female victim was attacked by a knife wielding suspect in her home. She was assaulted and also punched...

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Is this justice? Trial of 7 accused in 2017 farm murder did not start yet

Seven black farm attackers in a farm murder case and attempted farm murder in the Kleinfontein area of North West are playing the system and dragging the case out endlessly and the Legal Aid Board is...

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Farm murder: Bodies of 2 men found, hands tied, throats slit, Maclear

A gruesome discovery was made by police after a forced entry to a house after a report was received on 17 February 2020 at about 12:00, at Maclear SAPS from a concerned citizen who had not seen the...

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Epidemic of South African farm attacks and murders on the increase

The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the family farming organisation Saai released and discussed AfriForum’s 2019 statistics on farm attacks and murders at a media conference on 19 February...

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Afriforum’s 2019 farm attack stats: Defend yourself because the government won’t

Afriforum has released statistics of farm murders and attacks for the 2019 year and it shows that farm attacks have increased yearly from 2011. Altogether 552 farm attacks were reported to Afriforum in...

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3 Vanwyksvlei farm attackers arrested

Police in Vanwyksvlei have arrested three suspects in connection with house robbery, farm attack and assault common at a farm. It is alleged that the three suspects attacked a 66-year-old woman on 8...

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Farm attack, man admitted for brain scan after panga attack, Leeudoringstad

A farm attack took place on 12 June 2020, at 19:30, in the Leeudoringstad, Orkney area of the North West province of South Africa. Uncle Piet (canon) Pieterse was attacked with a panga in his house on...

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Farm attack, number of firearms and vehicle robbed, Reitz

A farm attack took place on 15 June 2020, at 13:15, on the farm Visgat, between Reitz and the Kransfontein silo in the Free State province of South Africa. A number of firearms and a Toyota Land...

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2010 Schweizer-Reneke farm attack: 3 attackers sentenced to 18 years each

Modisaotlile Koki (47), Thembile Rens (46), Samuel Sarel (50) were each sentenced to an effective 18 years direct imprisonment by the Schweizer-Reneke Regional Court on Friday, 12 June 2020 for...

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Fleeing Reitz farm attacker picked up on CCTV

A farm attacker who robbed a number of firearms and a Toyota Land Cruiser during a farm attack on the farm Visgat, between Reitz and the Kransfontein silo in the Free State province of South Africa,...

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Farm murder: Farmer (63) brutally murdered, Pongola

A brutal farm murder took place during the night on 15 June 2020, in the Pongola area of the KwaZulu Natal province in South Africa. Kosie Botha (63) a well known farmer in the area was attacked and...

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