The statistics from the first three months of the year show an overall drop in crime but gender-based violence continued to be a concern
Priority must be given to crime detection and intelligence work, not just visible policing
The AfriForum report says 95% of serious and violent rural crimes committed over the past four years remain unsolved
To overcome negativity, and draw citizens back into politics, we need to recapture the viability of class struggle which can usher in real change
Lobby group’s Ernst Roets tells court he can’t “think of a mainstream politician, even from the ruling party, who has spoken against farm murders”
The anti-Black Lives Matter backlash in South Africa highlights the growing ideological convergence between the far right and conservatives
The group’s visit comes amid a controversial Australian senate motion condemning ‘anti-white racism’
Deputy president David Mabuza says the US president’s comments are a ‘distortion’
Pieter Doorewaard and Philip Schutte are accused of killing Matlhomola Moshoeu after they allegedly caught Moshoeu stealing a sunflower
AgriSA has warned that it was essential to have accurate statistics around farm attacks to avoid making unfounded claims
South African government says it’s “regrettable” that Australia’s home affairs minister wants to give special treatment to white South African farmers
Agri SA lashed out at the police for reporting inaccurate details to the media around the brutal shooting of a farm worker in Krugersdorp.
Details of the alleged murder were still vague.
ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said all lives mattered.
The farm murder rate has been used by many as evidence that the white minority is being victimised and oppressed
A new Human Rights Commission report on farm attacks highlights the lack of state involvement in combating crimes that affect farmers and farmworkers.
The real problem between black and white South Africans is not white people’s attitude, but the government’s desertion of black people.
In July 2010, three people were brutally murdered on Sherwood Farm in KZN. But what really happened that night only unravelled in the courtroom.
As new details emerge, ANC politician David Dlali’s death is not as clear cut as it first seemed. Phillip de Wet reports.
The Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial has been postponed until January 2012, after another day of court testimony revealed details of his grisly end.
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/ 19 October 2011
More police bungling became clear in the Ventersdorp High Court on Wednesday in the trial of the pair accused in Eugene Terre’Blanche’s murder.
A police witness gave damning evidence to strengthen the state’s case and cast doubt on one of the suspect’s self-defence arguments.
The cop who arrested the two farmworkers accused of killing Eugene Terre’Blanche says he didn’t know how to deal with the arrested minor.
The Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial enters its fourth day in the wake of a key police witness’s confession that he had lied about certain details.
The men accused of murdering Free State farmer Attie Potgieter, his wife Wilma and their two-year-old daughter Wilmien have been found guilty.
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/ 24 February 2011
The government is looking at the possibility of a more comprehensive security strategy for farmers and farm workers, the agriculture minister says.
The government bemoans every farm killing and would tackle the problem in every province, Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Tuesday.
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/ 7 December 2010
The African National Congress on Tuesday strongly condemned the murder of Free State farmer, Attie Potgieter and his family.
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/ 6 December 2010
Lindley farmers and FF+ members were on Monday protesting outside the town’s magistrate’s court while waiting for six men to appear on murder charges.
Police and media gathered outside court on Thursday ahead of the appearance of Chris Mahlangu, accused of killing AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche.
The bail hearing of a 28-year-old man accused of hacking to death right-wing leader Eugene Terre’blanche, was expected to resume on Wednesday.
The picture is far from clear: the political and racial sensitivities that swirl around farm attacks in SA appear just as likely to blind scientists.