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#FarmAttacks increased in May, followed by more attacks early June

───   CHRISTAL-LIZE MULLER 05:40 Thu, 06 Jun 2019

#FarmAttacks increased in May, followed by more attacks early June | News Article
Ian Cameron Head of Community Safety at AfriForum PHOTO: Supplied

The number of attacks on farms and smallholdings across South Africa has increased to 51 in May this year, with more of these attacks already reported this month.


Together with that, a total of 184 farm attacks, including 20 farm murders, have taken place between January and May this year. This was revealed during the civil rights organisation AfriForum’s midyear farm attack statistics for 2019, which were announced at a media conference in Centurion this week. 

Here are the statistics given by AfriForum's Head of Community Safety, Ian Cameron...



That was Ian Cameron, Head of Community Safety at AfriForum. Listen Monday to Friday from between 05:00 and 06:00 to Gerben van Niekerk on Before Dawn. Call Christal-Lize Muller with your agriculture news at (051) 5050-953 or send an email to cmuller@centralmediagroup.co.za.


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