Farm Attacks: mostly greed and need – not always hate
Criminal intent and socio-economic desperation rather than racial hatred are behind many farm attacks in South Africa.
Criminal intent and socio-economic desperation rather than racial hatred are behind many farm attacks in South Africa.
Dr Pieter Groenewald says SA has experienced a wave of farm attacks and murders in the weeks after court allows singing of “kill the boer.”
Worried about SA farm attacks, Dutch MPs have asked their Foreign Affairs Minister to consider reporting it to the UN’s Human Rights Council.
Zimbabwe’s government has signed a $3.5 billion compensation deal for white commercial farmers who were evicted from their land two decades ago.
The total amount of verified farm attacks in South Africa for the 2016/2017 period is 357 and the amount of farm murders is a disturbing 74, according to the latest AfriForum research.
Since the beginning of the year, 70 people have been murdered in 345 farm attacks and those attacks are becoming ever more sophisticated.