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Zimbabwean and Lesotho communities are driving urgent efforts to end the violence in Robertson's Nkqubela Township.

Farm attacks

Mayor Van Eeden confirms he has not visited Nkqubela township following violence

By Saya Pierce-Jones

South African Human Rights Commissioner Chris Nissen criticised local government for a lack of representation.

  • FILE: The wounded son managed to rush his mother to hospital. Picture: Pexels.com

    EC SAPS hunt suspects linked to murder of Kinkelbos farm owner

    The man was shot dead, his wife injured, and his son wounded during a robbery last night their farmhouse.

    259 days ago
  • Paying tribute to farmers who have lost their lives violently, the bikers held a National Day of Prayer aimed at raising awareness. Picture: Supplied.

    Hundred of people brave the cold in GP to march against farm attacks

    The movement unite against farm murders descended on the union buildings in a go-slow demonstration on the N14 Highway to Pretoria before making their way to the seat of government.

    282 days ago
  • Police van. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN.

    SAPS needs to implement rural safety strategy - Agri EC

    There are growing calls in the Eastern Cape for police to ramp up safety in the rural communities following the murder of 79-year-old cattle farmer, John Viedge.

    356 days ago
  • FILE: Three attackers broke in and shot dead the 79-year-old, with no clear signs of a robbery. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News.

    Agri EC calls for increase in visible policing after farmer’s murder

    This follows the murder of cattle farmer John Viedge in Nqangarhu, formerly known as Maclear, on Sunday.

    357 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News

    EC police launch manhunt for suspects linked to deadly farm attack

    This comes after a 79-year-old farmer was shot and killed at his home at Highfield farm during the early hours of Sunday.

    357 days ago
  • Protesters from Black Monday march to the American Embassy in Pretoria, demanding assistance from American President Donald Trump in stopping farm murders and land grabs in South Africa. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    AfriForum: SA recorded 395 farm attacks since April 2020

    While there was a decline in the number of farm attacks in the 2020/21 financial year compared to the previous period, there's been an increase in murders, said the group.

    375 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    AfriForum calls for justice after PE farmworkers 'assaulted' by farmer

    Two farmworkers have reportedly filed assault charges against Dawie Steyn, who can be seen on the clip swearing and punching one them.

    510 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    EC police hunting attackers of elderly Kirkwood couple

    Five suspects, armed with knives, ambushed the victims when they broke into their farmhouse over the weekend.

    524 days ago
  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Duo accused of murdering Senekal farm manager Horner back in dock today

    The pair are alleged to have stabbed and strangled Horner in October during what is believed to be a stock theft incident.

    538 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele (not pictured) held a rural safety imbizo in the Bethlehem community hall on 12 November 2020 to discuss the issue of farm attacks in the area. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Black farmers' lives don’t matter to govt, Cele told at imbizo

    This emerged at a rural safety imbizo in Bethlehem on Thursday organised by Police Minister Bheki Cele.

    556 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele (not pictured) held a rural safety imbizo in the Bethlehem community hall on 12 November 2020 to discuss the issue of farm attacks in the area. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    GALLERY: Cele tackles issue of farm murders at Free State rural safety imbizo

    Police Minister Bheki Cele held a rural safety imbizo in the Bethlehem community hall to address the issue of farm attacks and murders in the area.

    557 days ago
  • Pieter Hills (L) and his son Eddie. Picture: Virtual memorials - South Africa Attacks and Their Stories/Facebook

    Suspects accused of killing FS farmer expected to appear in court today

    Pieter Hills was shot dead at his Swartpan farm just outside Hennenman in the Free State early on Friday.

    560 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    Suspect in Hennenman farm killing found dead in police cell

    Four suspects were arrested just hours after Pieter Hills and his son, Eddie, were attacked. Hills was shot in the head and his son stabbed in the back.

    561 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    FACT CHECK: Have SA’s commercial farmers fallen from 120,000 in 1994 to 38,000?

    Africa Check unpacks the claim made by DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard that the number of commercial farmers in South Africa has fallen from 120,000 to 38,000.

    577 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    EC DA wants urgent action to address rising number of farm attacks in province

    The Addo area has been the scene of 14 out of the province's 74 farm attacks that occurred during the 2019/20 fiscal year.

    582 days ago
  • EFF members outside the Senekal Magistrates Court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    SCENES FROM SENEKAL: EFF, ANC and farmers protest outside court

    Members of the EFF and ANC as well as farmers from the Senekal area gathered outside the magistrates court on 16 October 2020 where the two men accused of the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner made their second court appearance.

    584 days ago
  • A day of protest and prayer against farm murders and attacks at the Union Buildings lawns in Pretoria on 10 October 2020. Picture: AFP.

    Protesters at Union Buildings demand better rural security from police

    Hundreds of people protested at the Union Buildings in the capital on Saturday under the banner "Unite against farm murders" and called for police to do more to prevent farm attacks.

    589 days ago
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