Western Cape police on Monday released the identikits of two suspects wanted in connection with a robbery at a farm in Wolseley in the Breede River Valley.
The two men robbed the farm owner of several firearms and personal items … Read the rest
Tag: farm murders
‘Farm attackers wanted to kill’
It appears as if the suspects who attacked an elderly couple on their farm Brakdam in the Vrede area in the Freestate on Sunday were trying to murder them.
This is according to the Transvaal Agricultural Union’s Henry Geldenhuys, who … Read the rest
Woman survives brutal farm attack
While recuperating in hospital, a white farm attack victim Mariette Saaiman, 45, found comfort in the possibility that two of her three attackers had been apprehended.
However, police later confirmed the suspects arrested could not be positively linked to the … Read the rest
The killing continues: White doctor murdered on game farm
The mutilated body of a retired doctor was found on his game farm in Limpopo on Monday, after he was presumably murdered on Saturday.
Netwerk24’s Marietie Louw-Carstens reported on Tuesday that Louis-John Botha, 64, is the second farmer in the … Read the rest
Eldery white farm couple tortured with steam iron
An elderly white couple was badly injured after being tortured in the latest farm attack at De Wildt near Brits, North West police said on Wednesday.
Three armed black men wearing blue overall pants attacked Hannes (80) and his wife … Read the rest
One white farmer killed every second day in SA
The killing-spree against white farmers continues unabated.
Two black men were arrested for the murder of an elderly white woman at Erfbloem farm near Theunissen, Free State police said on Tuesday.
The two blacks, aged 21 and 22, were accused … Read the rest
US body admits crime but farm murders are scrubbed
The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), a US body created to promote security cooperation between American private sector interests worldwide and the U.S. Department of State, rated in its “South Africa 2014 Crime and Safety Report” Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, … Read the rest
Farmers disgusted with Police Commissioner’s flippant remarks about farm murders
“Could someone perhaps assist the National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega, with the interpretation of farm murder statistics,” says TAU SA’s Deputy President and Chairman of the Safety Committee, Mr Henry Geldenhuys. He reacted on the Commissioner’s submission to the Human … Read the rest
Whites and conservatives have no rights in SA
A senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, confirmed in Johannesburg on Monday that farm attacks were motivated by racial hatred.
“There are allegations of race and politics being the motivation but these cannot be substantiated,” Johan Burger claimed … Read the rest
‘Necklace’ attack on Afrikaner woman
A white Afrikaner woman, Jenny van Tonder, 63, suffered a necklace attack this week as a black attacker, Edwin Mapatha, 57, threw gasoline over her and her car and then set her alight.
Van Tonder has sustained 25% burn wounds … Read the rest
ANC’s plan to make white owners hand their land over to workers
Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti wants white commercial farmers to hand over half their farms to black farmworkers.
Nkwinti said in an interview this week that stakeholders in commercial agriculture, including farmers, trade unions, farmworkers and the … Read the rest
Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti wants white commercial farmers to hand over half their farms to black farmworkers.
Nkwinti said in an interview this week that stakeholders in commercial agriculture, including farmers, trade unions, farmworkers and the … Read the rest
SA’s killing fields
South Africa still has one of the highest murder rates in the world with 31 murders per 100000 people in 2012 – five times the global average of 6.2 per 100000, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s … Read the rest
Three arrested for ‘robbery’ after gruesome farm murders
In a joint operation between Richmond SAPS, Crime Intelligence, K9 Unit, HAWKS and Magma Security and Investigations three black suspects were arrested for the murder of three members of a Richmond family.
The suspects were arrested at 04:00 this morning … Read the rest
Five attacks on white farmers in one week
This week has seen at least five farm attacks on white farmers in South Africa.
In the latest incident, a farmer and his wife were attacked by two armed men on their farm outside Barkly-East.
The white farmer, Sarel Pretorius … Read the rest