A 72-year-old white South African woman was shot dead on Sunday on her farm near Tzaneen, in the Northern Province, police said. Two men tied up Susan van den Heever before shooting and killing her, breaking into a safe, stealing three firearms and escaping, according to inspector James Ngoepe. More than 1 000 people, mostly white farmers and their families, have been killed in some 6 000 attacks in South Africa over the past 10 years, according to Agri South Africa, the leading farmers’ organisation. – AFP