During a parliamentary debate on the recent scourge of farm murders and attacks, not all political parties shared the same sentiments.
EFF MP Nonhlanhla Mkhonto has not minced her words on Tuesday, creating an almighty stir during the Parliamentary debate on farm murders.
Glen and Vida Rafferty were shot dead on their farm on Saturday, after returning from a visit with friends
Activists who were arrested during protests in Cape Town on Saturday have been released on a warning to return to court in October.
According to the couple’s nephew, the motive of the attack did not seem to be robbery as no valuable items were stolen
After police clashed with GBV and farm attack protesters in Cape Town on Saturday, police arrested 18 people on a host of charges.
They also commemorated victims of gender-based violence (GBV).
Police investigating an attempted robbery at a KZN farm on 3 August have arrested an eighth suspect linked to a spree of crimes.
Social media posts seemingly “glorifying” farm attacks are of concern to the DA, but it seems that their complaints have fallen on deaf ears.
A mass demonstration has taken place in Limpopo on Tuesday morning, as our rural community takes a stand against the increase in farm murders.
Police have confirmed another horrific farm attack that was committed last weekend in Muldersdrift, in which intruders raped three women.
Police Minister Bheki Cele has also said they take farm attacks very seriously, after coming under fire from the agricultural community, which had accused him of failing to take adequate action to address the crimes
A community in anguish got their first glimpse of the Hartswater farm murder suspects on Thursday, as emotions ran high in the courtroom.
The Hartswater farm murder has grabbed the nation’s attention. But the daughter of Danie and Breggie Brand wants the government to stop their silence.
A farm murder protest group had hoped to march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Saturday, but the JMPD have denied their application.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he had met with police to discuss the scourge of violent crime in ‘the various places where our people live’.
The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) said in a statement on Wednesday, 8 July, that the “agricultural communities will fight farm attacks with fire”.
The pregnant victim, who had her throat slit, has become the latest rural citizen to be brutally killed in a farm murder – and pressure is growing on the president.
The 26-year-old woman was killed on a farm in Weneen, KZN, with police urgently investigating and searching for three unknown suspects.
The sensitive subject of farm murders has been raised again on Tuesday, and President Ramaphosa is copping a fair bit of heat from his critics.
This could get very tasty. The DA are taking their grievances to Parliament, as they want farm murders to fall under South Africa’s ‘hate crime’ laws.
The FF Plus have called for neighbourhood watch groups to operate during the lockdown, citing concerns over farm attacks and livestock theft.
Alwyn Petrus van Zyl, 79, was killed when intruders broke into his farm house and assaulted both him and his wife, who is severely injured.
The rural community of Elandskraal in KZN is reeling, after local landowner Collin Britz was killed on his property during Monday afternoon.
AfriForum’s battle to reduce farm murders and attacks in South Africa hasn’t yet received the boost it was hoping for. Here’s the data they’ve put together.