Statistieke oor plaasaanvalle en -moorde gedurende 2014 bekendgemaak

An emotional and heart-breaking scene took place this afternoon on the farm Vaalbank, outside Bronkhorstspruit, where Duncan Nyawo, the walker-against-farm-murders, met his namesake, Dr Duncan Prinsloo, who was a victim of a brutal farm attack during which his wife was shot dead. Prinsloo, a farmer and veterinarian, is paralysed in the lower part of his…

AfriForum today demanded the urgent intervention of Fikile Mbalula, Police Minister, after four farm murders were committed in the past 48 hours. Piet and Tilla van Zyl were murdered near Immerpan in Limpopo on Sunday; Arno Niehaus was murdered near Maanhaarrand in Northwest on Sunday, and; Anton Smuts was murdered and set on fire near…

AfriForum Safety Structures in Kathu and Kuruman in the Northern Cape and Vryburg in North West have been searching for three suspected farm attackers with the South African Police Service (SAPS) since last night, after a 64 year old farmer, Christo Kruger was murdered on his farm, Byron. Kruger’s wife, Vera was left unharmed and…

It was announced today at a joint media conference of AfriForum and the acting National Police Commissioner, Lt Gen Khomotso Phahlane, that farm murders will be officially prioritised. This conference follows a joint workshop attended by AfriForum and Phahlane. Various steps will be taken, which comes down to a focused strategy against farm murders. The…