Farm attacks
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.
Five suspects, armed with knives, ambushed the victims when they broke into their farmhouse over the weekend.
The pair are alleged to have stabbed and strangled Horner in October during what is believed to be a stock theft incident.
This emerged at a rural safety imbizo in Bethlehem on Thursday organised by Police Minister Bheki Cele.
Police Minister Bheki Cele was in Bethlehem, Free State, for a ministerial rural safety imbizo with the farming community of Senekal, Bethlehem and other nearby areas on 12 November. #Senekal #BhekiCele #RuralSafety
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.
Pieter Hills was shot dead at his Swartpan farm just outside Hennenman in the Free State early on Friday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is the second demonstration under the banner "Unite Against Farm Murders" in as many months.
The party believes social media posts sent out by Julius Malema and Nazier Paulsen show an intent to incite violence.
Three people are recovering in hospital after they were shot and wounded in Kraaifontein over the weekend.
Three people are recovering in hospital after they were shot and wounded over the weekend.
This week parliamentarians debated matters pertaining to farm attacks and farm-related murders.
Glen Rafferty (63) and his wife Vida (60) were ambushed after returning from a social outing to their Normandien farmhouse on Saturday.
Members of Parliament on Tuesday held a debate of national importance on recent farm murders following a request by the Democratic Alliance (DA).