Attempted farm attack caught on security cameras

If you want to know what’s being planned for the How long still campaign before the end of November, this insert is for you. Ernst Roets speaks about – among other things – a music video shoot for Afrikaans singer Jaco Labuschagne, who wrote a song about the critical subject of farm murders. Post Views:…

AfriForum issued a warning to the Belfast rural community after an alleged farm murderer, Petros Mamaru (24), also known as Piet, escaped from the Belfast police holding cells the past weekend. Piet, together with two other criminals, escaped from the cells between 17:00 and 17:40 on Saturday, 4 October by cutting a hole in the…

The stories of about a hundred South Africans whose lives were destroyed by farm attacks, will be presented to Nathi Mthethwa, Minister of Police tomorrow. The victims demand that the Minister break his silence on this issue by declaring farm attacks a priority crime. The batch letters will be handed over jointly by AfriForum and…

The murderers of Ernest (77) and Annetjie (76) van Rooyen were each handed two life sentences last week. Oupa Mokoena (47) and Ezekiele Mguni (30) murdered the couple in January of this year on their farm Somerset near Parys in the Free State. Ernest’s body was found on the floor of their farm store –…

“Despite more than 195 farm attacks this year, Bheki Cele, Minister of Police, still refuses to declare farm murders priority crimes. This silence and apathy is indicative that Government is in fact deprioritising farm murders and attacks as crimes,” says Ian Cameron, AfriForum’s Head of Safety. Cameron argues that the State and especially the Minister’s…