{"id":9733,"date":"2013-08-28T08:35:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T08:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=9733"},"modified":"2013-08-28T08:35:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T08:35:53","slug":"another-shooting-on-fochville-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=9733","title":{"rendered":"Another shooting on Fochville farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9735\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/shebeen2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9735\" alt=\"Drinking home brew\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/shebeen2-300x219.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/shebeen2-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/shebeen2.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drinking home brew at the shebeen on the farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"intro\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A man was shot dead on Tuesday, and another wounded on the Fochville land belonging to a farmer who allegedly shot and killed two men in the presence of police two days ago, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest shooting took place close to the area where the first occurred.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lt-Col Hennie Maass, commander of the Fochville police station, said the violence on the farmer&#8217;s land could be attributed to illegal miners fighting over land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maass said last week, 22 people had been arrested and deported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;They fight back and forth and there&#8217;s a lot of violence and crime, but it is not reported,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The farmer on whose land the violence took place was arrested on Monday after he allegedly shot and killed two tenants and wounded a third in the presence of police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He allegedly opened fire after people began stoning him and his workers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The previous weekend, in an unrelated incident, a man was found murdered on the land, and on the Sunday, there were protests on his property.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maass said about 2\u00a0000 people, mostly miners, were tenants on his land. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was shot dead on Tuesday, and another wounded on the Fochville land belonging to a farmer who allegedly shot and killed two men in the presence of police two days ago, according to a report. The latest shooting took place close to the area where the first occurred. 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