16 Farm attacks and 3 farm murders in South Africa: 1-15 June 2020
In the first fifteen days of June 2020, there have been sixteen farm attacks and three farm murders, whilst one attack was successfully averted in South Africa. During May 2020, there were fifteen farm...
View ArticleFarm attack, father and son both shot, Walkerville
A farm attack took place on the morning of 17 June 2020, in Walkerville, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. A father and son were left injured after both being shot and robbed by attackers. The...
View Article7 Farm attacks / attempted attacks in 8 hours – boy (18) shot, Pretoria North
Seven farm attacks and or attempted attacks and house robberies took place between 19:45 on 16 June and 04:00 on 17 June 2020, in the Haakdornboom, Onderstepoort area of Pretoria North, Gauteng...
View ArticleFarm attack, 8 attackers, 2 young children shot, Eersteling, Polokwane
A farm attack took place on 19 June 2020, in Eersteling, outside Polokwane (Pietersburg), in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The attack took place on the farm of Human Du Preez where eight...
View ArticleFarm murder of Kosie Botha, one attacker arrested, Pongola
A 24-year-old man is appearing at the Ubombo Magistrate’s Court on 19 June 2020, for possession of suspected stolen property. The suspect was arrested on 17 June 2020, by Pongola Detectives. He was...
View ArticleFarm murder, 2 men assaulted, tied up, 1 fatally shot, Buffelsdrift
A farm murder took place on 21 June 2020, at 03:00, in Buffelsdrift, in the Roodeplaat area of the Gauteng province of South Africa. Two men, Rudie Botha and his friend Edwin Kotze, were overpowered...
View ArticleViolent panga attack on Leeudoringstad farmer (77), 1 attacker arrested
Joseph Bernard Kulelaphi (50) was remanded in custody when he appeared before the Wolmaransstad Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 19 June 2020, for house robbery, attempted murder and theft of motor...
View ArticleSecond farm attack in 2 days in Polokwane, elderly couple attacked, robbed
The second farm attack in as many days occurred on Friday evening 19 June 2020, at around 19:00 on a smallholding next to the N1 at Kareebosch outside Polokwane. A 68 year old woman and her husband...
View ArticleFarm attack: 5 Attackers – 2 shot dead, 1 wounded, Tweespruit
A farm attack took place on 21 June 2020, between 07:00 and 08:00 on the farm Yaxham, in Tweespruit, in the Free State province of South Africa. Five attackers overpowered a farmer and his wife inside...
View ArticleTweespruit farm attack, granny and 2 children held at knife point before...
Komiespoort police are investigating cases of a farm attack, house robbery and murder that was perpetrated on a farm at about 7:00 on the morning of 21 June 2020. A male visiting at the farm, alleged...
View ArticleIncrease in farm attacks in Free State: Rural safety is absolutely vital
The latest farm attack that was successfully warded off on Sunday 21 June 2020, in which the Parr couple was attacked by five assailants on their farm just outside Tweespruit, is indicative of the...
View ArticleFarm attack, elderly couple overpowered, tied up, Darling
A farm attack took place on 21 June 2020, at about 23:30, on the farm Oudepost near Darling, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. An elderly couple, Ian Benhardi (74) and his wife Jean were...
View ArticleGruesome farm murder: Man (63) brutally tortured to death, Sundra
A very gruesome seen met responders on 23 June 2020, on a smallholding in Sundra, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, where a man (63) was found in his room with his hands and knees bound with...
View ArticleFarm attack, man assaulted with rock, tied up, firearms taken, Worcester
A farm attack took place on Monday afternoon, 22 June 2020, in Worcester, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Ben Hugo was overpowered by two attackers who assaulted him with a rock over the...
View ArticleTweespruit farm attack, 5th attacker arrested in Lesotho
After a farmer (74), MrJohn Parr, opened fire on five attackers in his home on a farm in Tweespruit, Free State province of South Africa at about 7:00 on the morning of 21 June 2020, one attacker...
View ArticleMurder of Ockert Ralph on his Lanseria plot, 2 accused handed life sentences
The Provincial Commissioner of the Police in Gauteng, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, express his gratitude to the police officers of Organised Crime Unit for the thorough investigation that led to...
View ArticleFarm attack, elderly couple fight back, fend off 5 attackers, Brits
A farm attack took place on 25 June 2020, at 02:20, on a smallholding, plot number R116, in Roodekopjes near Brits, in the North West province of South Africa. Five attackers removed the glass sliding...
View ArticleFarm attack, victims assaulted, tied up, furniture loaded onto trailer, Lusthof
A farm attack took place on 25 June 2020, at 04:00, in Lusthof, outside Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Three attackers, two of whom were armed with firearms, overpowered the victims...
View ArticleFarm murder and attack on police station, residents of rural Mpumalanga must...
The FF Plus wants to strongly encourage everyone living in the rural areas of Mpumalanga to intensify their security measures, to join their local neighbourhood or farm watch as well as any community...
View ArticleFarm attack, woman assaulted by 4 attackers, vehicle lookout, Suikerbosrand
A farm attack took place on 25 June 2020, at 12:30, in Suikerbosrand near the nature reserve, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. There is an urgent lookout for the attackers and their vehicle, a...
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