ToekomsVonk’s farm attack and farm murder statistics: Jan- July 2020
In a press release, in Afrikaans, on 7 August 2020, ToekomsVonk released their South African farm attack and farm murder statistics for the period 1 January to end July 2020. On average, for the...
View ArticleHartswater triple farm murder: Investigation update
After the horrific triple murder of the Brand family in Hartswater on Sunday 26 July 2020, police have recovered a Sahara laptop and Samsung J5 cellphone which were pawned at a shop for R400-00 at...
View ArticleFarm attack, man assaulted, tied up by 3 attackers, Riverside, Bloemfontein
A farm attack took place on 7 August 2020, at 15:00, in the riverside smallholdings area, near Roodewal, East of Bloemfontein, in the Free State province of South Africa. A man was overpowered by three...
View ArticleDendron farm attack: Over 500 vehicles in protest convoy
AfriForum’s safety structures were part of about 500 vehicles that participated in a protest convoy on 7 August 2020. The convoy comprised various organisations, rural safety structures and members of...
View ArticleFarm attack, woman (67) beaten unconscious, farm worker arrested, Balmoral
A farm attack took place on 8 August 2020, at 01:00, in Balmoral, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. A woman (67) was attacked and beaten unconscious by a single attacker after she had opened...
View ArticleFarm attack averted, attackers open fire, woman retaliates, Percy Fyfe
A farm attack was averted on the evening of 8 August 2020, at 19:30, on a farm in the Percy Fyfe area, in Mokopane, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Attackers opened fire on the home and a...
View ArticleFarm attack, 3 attackers overpower victims, vehicle lookout, Syferbult
A farm attack took place on 9 August 2020, at 05:30, at Koesterfontein, in Syferbult, West of Magaliesburg, in the North West province of South Africa. Three victims were overpowered and the home...
View ArticleFarm attack, farm worker seriously injured by 2 attackers, Virginia
A farm attack took place on 10 August 2020, in Virginia, in the Free State province of South Africa. A farm worker was attacked by two suspects who had broken open his door. The worker was severely...
View ArticleTwo farm attacks, farmworkers overpowered, one shot, Haakdoornboom
Two farm attacks took place on 12 August 2020, in Haakdoornboom, in the Onderstepoort area, North of Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The two attacks were perpetrated against farm...
View ArticleFarm attack, victim (66) brutally assaulted, tied up, Muldersdrift
A farm attack took place on 14 August 2020, at 00:05, on a smallholding, in Rietfontein, Muldersdrift, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Access by one attacker into the home was gained via a...
View ArticleFarm attack, mom and children assaulted, farmers respond, Reitz
A farm attack took place on 14 August 2020, at 17:45, on a farm between Petrus Steyn and Reitz, in the Free State province of South Africa. Attackers gained entrance to the home by accessing the...
View ArticleFarm attack, 5 attackers plunder home, farmers track down 2, Marquard
A farm attack took place on 16 August 2020, at 14:00, on the Belmond farm, in Marquard, in the Free State province of South Africa. Two farm workers were assaulted and tied up by at least 5 attackers...
View Article23 Farm attacks and 3 farm murders in South Africa – 1-15 August 2020
During the first fifteen days of August 2020, there have already been 23 Farm attacks and 3 farm murders in South Africa, while 5 attacks were averted. During the moth of July 2020, there were 55 farm...
View ArticleFarm attack, woman and domestic helper assaulted, robbed, Harding
A farm attack took place on 17 August 2020, during the day, while the farmer was out, in Harding, in the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa. The farmer’s fiance and domestic helper were attacked...
View ArticleMass participation march against farm attacks and farm murders, Naboomspruit
Farmers and farmworkers stood together against farm attacks and farm murders in South Africa, with a mass participation march, that took place in Naboomspruit on 18 August 2020, in the Limpopo...
View ArticleFarm attack, female victim shot in front of her son (10), Muldersdrift
A farm attack took place on 18 August 2020, at 01:15, in Rietfontein, Muldersdrift, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Three armed attackers forced their way into the staff quarters and demanded...
View ArticleFarm attack, woman shot and wounded, one attacker shot dead, Randfontein
A farm attack took place on 18 August 2020, at 12:20, in Middelvlei agricultural holdings, in Randfontein, at Sonskyn dairy, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Three attackers armed with AK47’s...
View ArticleFarm attack, workers assaulted, tied up, farmhouse raided, Dullstroom
A farm attack took place on 18 August 2020, at 23:00, at Willow Creek farm, on the Kruisfontein road, in the Dullstroom area, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. An unknown number of attackers...
View ArticleFarm murder, man shot dead, wife and children traumatized, Boschkop
A farm murder took place on 20 August 2020, at 01:30, in Mooiplaats, Boschkop, near Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. At least two attackers were breaking the security gate of the...
View ArticleTLU SA: ‘Farmers are fed up with the onslaught on their lives and will take...
“Farmers are fed up with the onslaught on their lives and will take action against criminals attacking and intimidating them,” says Mr Louis Meintjes, the president of TLU SA. This past month the...
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