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The latest crime figures released today by the
South African Police Service (SAPS) have revealed alarming agricultural-related
crime rates. The report, covering the period between July and September 2023,
highlights several concerning trends in crime against farmers and agricultural
communities across the country. It has been disclosed that 68 murders on agricultural
land/farms/estates/smallholdings occurred during the period from July to
September 2023. These statistics align with the figures reported by TAU SA and
other institutions like AfriForum.
The province with the highest murder rate that took place on agricultural land/farms/estates/smallholdings
is the
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Crime in
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Belinda Magor, the woman
behind the voice note calling for Blacks to be killed instead of Pitbulls has been arrested. This was confirmed by
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The South African,
80-year-old murdered on farm in Dwarsfontein
area near Delmas
Hennie van der Walt (80) was found murdered in his house on a farm in
the Dwarsfontein area near Delmas
this morning, November 16. According to the police, Van der
Walt and his 79-year-old life partner, Hester Smal,
who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease were
attacked in their home during the night or in the early morning. The police
suspect the assailants gained entrance to the house by breaking a window. Farm
workers suspected something was wrong when there was no answer at the farmhouse
this morning. They alerted the neighbours who rushed
to the farm. Neighbours found all the safety gates locked and a grinder was used to break it open. They found
the ailing Smal first and then the murdered Van der Walt. Van der Walt sustained
severe injuries, but the police could not yet confirm the cause of death. They
suspect he was shot. Information thus far suggests that fireams
and a safe were looted from the house. A member of the police’s K9 unit
found the safe in the field close to the farm house. It was forced open and
emptied. The police’s forensic team is currently on the scene. A neighbour is currently taking care of Smal.
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Times,
South African Police have launched a manhunt after
a German tourist was shot and killed by gunmen near
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An elderly
couple were brutally attacked and murdered on their farm near Moorreesburg by a man recently released on parole. Frans (69) and Ingrid (65) Koch were attacked and
overpowered in their home on Tuesday morning. Ingrid was stabbed multiple times
and died on the scene due to her injuries. Her husband, Frans,
who suffered severe stab wounds, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he
later died of his injuries.
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TAU (SA) is concerned about the
condition of the country’s roads. It already has and will only have a
greater impact on the economy, and more importantly, it is no longer safe on
the roads. There are several factors that play a role and TAU (SA) realises heavy rain and the accompanying floods have
damaged roads, but the fact is that many roads were already in a poor state
before the heavy rains and floods. Here, both gravel and tar roads are referred
to as roads that need urgent attention, because due to the lack of regular maintenance,
the condition of the roads are now so bad that it needs to be rebuilt. We are
past the stage where maintenance is still a possible solution.
“Everywhere in
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The festive season is a time of
great concern when it comes to the safety of South African farmers. “The
time of year increases farm attacks and crime on farms. There are those who
commit robbery and theft to get something for the festive season,” said
Maj. Gen. Chris van Zyl, TLU SA’s
deputy general manager. “Safety during the festive season is a very
important issue and one that causes great concern.” Since November,
several attacks and murders on farms nationwide have been reported. A clear
increase can be seen. According to Netwerk24,
there were nine farm murders in the [
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A family watched in terror as a gang of attackers tried to
force their six-year-old son into an OVEN and threatened to cook him alive.The distraught schoolboy was at the mercy of seven
heavily armed men who stormed the family farm in
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Law-abiding citizens under fire. The South African legal system – probably one of the
last state institutions to instil some confidence
– is now failing the law-abiding citizens. The arrest of several farmers
countrywide, after trying to protect themselves against lawbreakers, has been
brought to the attention of TAU (SA). “The legal process is losing its
way if law-abiding citizens are now under fire,” said Mr
Henry Geldenhuys, TAU (SA) President. “It seems
as if criminals are now geared, to lodge a complaint with the police
immediately, either for the pointing a weapon, racism, attempted murder,
assault, intimidation or even murder against the farmer without any evidence.
In most cases, the farmer is arrested, and the law-abiding citizen finds
himself in the dock. More so, nothing happens to the person who first broke the
law.” According to Mr Geldenhuys,
the legal system is now being overturned, to protect the criminal and not look
after the interests of the law-abiding citizens. “If your farm is entered
illegally, you must be able to protect yourself! But now you apparently have to
choose between getting shot yourself or going to jail.” More than one
such case has recently been brought to the attention of TAU (SA). According to Mr Geldenhuys, the state is also
doing everything in its power to oppose bail. “The independence and
credibility of the legal system is seriously questioned. Where a farmer acted
on his own land to protect his interests from intruders, he now becomes the
criminal. The prosecutors and SAPS are in the process of handing out jail time
and sentencing an innocent party, even before there was any trial. It is common
knowledge that a farmer with a farm owns real estate and consequently is not a
flight risk. Regardless of the latter, the state and SAPS treat farmers as if
they have no real estate. It seems that double standards are maintained in the
application of the law. Circumstances have deteriorated to such an extent that
a law-abiding farmer who acts against criminals finds himself very quickly in
the dock. After all, it was not the farmer who went looking for trouble! It is
the criminal who enters the farmer's land illegally. The police and legal
system then unilaterally believe the offender's complaints.A
farmer appears to be guilty regardless of the circumstances before he is tried.
Does the emotion of the community now apply more to the administration of
justice than fairness and justice and the principle that everyone is equal
before the law?” Mr Geldenhuys
further says that the legal system is supposed to capture the element of crime
and it should consider who was the initiator of the situation
which then subsequently makes the farmer a criminal. “If the
criminals had not entered the land illegally in the first place, there would
have been no incident. The question that exists today is what about the
farmers' rights to protect their legal property.” Geldenhuys
also referred to the legal costs which are an extra and extremely unnecessary
expense for the farmer. TAU (SA) will soon write to the Minister of Justice and
Correctional Services Mr Ronald Lamola
to bring the seriousness of the situation to his urgent attention.
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Treat all
farm murders and attacks equally, says TAU (SA). This
year – according to TAU (SA)’s Register of Incidents on farm
attacks and murders - already saw 153 attacks on farms leading to the death of
25 people. But the minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development,
Ms Thoko Didiza, had very
little to say about any of these incidents. This week, however, she condemned
the murder of a Black family on an
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South African meat importers and processors have warned of looming food
shortages across the country after cold storage units in
- The South African,
5 police officers have been arrested for cattle rustling in
The ghastly slaying of Horner (22), who
was trussed to a fence and tortured to death on his employer’s farm
outside Paul Roux in the
- News24 report,
TAU (SA)
once again asks the president and the portfolio committee on police to relieve
the minister of police, Bheki Cele,
from his duties. During the past week of unrest, and under the failing
management of the police minister, more than one million rounds of ammunition
were stolen from a container yard near the
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TAU (SA)
finds the suggested amendments to the Firearm Act absurd and contradictory to
the South African constitution. The Bill of Rights in the Constitution of South
Africa states that every person has the right to a safe environment. Since the
government miserably fails to guarantee the safety of South Africans, every
person should have the right to take their protection onto themselves.“ South Africans are already like birds on a branch
trying to miss the shots fired left, right and centre. Literally and
figuratively,” says Mr Henry Geldenhuys, the president of TAU (SA). “The suggested
amendments to the Firearm Act will be ridiculous as long as crime in the
country is out of control and the government cannot guarantee the safety of
each citizen.” “To expect that farmers, who are remote and
isolated, must not protect themselves, is
unthinkable.” The latest crime statistics show an increase in attacks and
murders with 103 farm attacks and 16 farm murders just this year. It is common
knowledge that the police do not have enough vehicles, uniforms, or even
equipment to do their jobs properly. The telephones at some police stations
don’t work. Some police members are part of the corruption. The minister
of police, Bheki Cele, is
the main reason for the country’s backlog in processing DNA samples and
applications for firearms. “Why don’t the
government rather spend time, money and resources to get the illegal
firearms from gangsters and other criminals instead of targeting legal firearm
owners?” asks Mr Geldenhuys.
“Why don’t they spend time and money on visible policing, resource
management and the protection of farmers?” If the government approves the
suggested amendments, TAU (SA) will demand that the government be held liable
for any expenses incurred from crimes where the victim could not act in self-defence. “These suggestions will not solve the crime
problem in
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Four young men were found burned
to death and two others were found hanged by unknown assailants in
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The
Transvaal Agricultural Union (
Under his mismanagement of the department:
* The police cannot trace their official firearms;
* Around 8million pieces of evidence – many from gruesome farm attacks
– were lost because the minister refuses to pay for an approved system
within the approved budget;
* A brigadier from KwaZulu-Natal was promoted to major-general ten years after
98 firearms went missing on his watch; and
* Detectives must pay out of their own pockets for equipment, transport and
uniforms because of poor management of resources, which affects their work.
As police commissioner, Cele
was investigated and suspended in 2011, after evidence of corruption and
maladministration came to light. He continued to receive his salary of R1,3million until 2013, when he was finally given the boot.
"Research proved many times over how a bad manager can negatively
influence a whole company," says Mr Henry Geldenhuys, TAU (SA) president. "In the police force,
we have members who follow his example, and they give the members who genuinely
want to uphold their responsibility as protectors of safety a terrible
reputation. Our problem lies not with police officers who support our farmers
and walk the extra mile, but with criminals in the force and the
number-one-enemy of safety in the country, Bheki Cele. He must tsamaea!" The
parliamentary portfolio committee for police recently heard that Forensic Data
Service switched off the police's firearm permit system to manage thousands of
official firearms. The police neglected to pay for the software's copyright
even though it had an approved budget, and the case went to court. Forensic
Data Services handles the register of the DNA evidence gathered at crime
scenes. They switched this system off as well, and now more than 8 million
pieces of evidence are lost. Both systems are updated manually at the moment.
It holds an enormous implication for tracking stolen firearms and evidence and,
as a result, gives criminals free rein. "The police system is a mess
because Bheki Cele is
obsessed with a show of power instead of protecting South Africans," says Mr Geldenhuys. "Cele must be fired as the Minister of Police. We hope that
his replacement will clean house and that the department will follow a fresh
approach to strengthen safety in
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Oom Tas Hefer, age 86, and his life partner, Tannie
Duifie Oosthuizen, age 84,
died after being burned alive inside their home during a farm attack. Their
charred bodies were identified through DNA. The incident occurred
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V.Dare.com,
The following report from the
TAU (SA)
today launched a campaign to enable all South Africans to deduct any security
expenses from tax. Section 23(b) of the Income Tax Act prohibits South Africans
from deducting security expenses from income tax. Even though companies can
deduct these type of costs, with this campaign, TAU
(SA) wants to focus on offering this benefit to our consumers – an
essential part of the value chain. TAU (SA) drew up a list of the necessary
expenses each household in
* defensive walls;
* security cameras;
* burglar alarms;
* electric fences;
* razor wire;
* guard dogs;
* 24-hour monitoring and armed-response services;
* home insurance;
* other home security measures and equipment; and
* expenses pertaining to the upkeep of the items, as mentioned above.
The list will be amended as TAU (SA) receives
feedback about additional safety expenditure. “Countless South Africans
have been subjected to the gravest invasion of their freedom by becoming
victims of violence,” says Mr Henry Geldenhuys, the president of TAU (SA). “The
Constitution requires the state to protect us from such invasions. However, the
state’s utter failure to do so is painfully apparent, just from looking
at its own statistics.” According to Stats SA, housebreaking or burglary
is the number one crime in
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The downgrading of the Land Bank by
credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service is simply a symptom of the
numerous problems in
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The small town of
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TLU (SA) calls on all South Africans
to not be swept up by hidden efforts to create polarisation.
The executive committee today discussed the situation in the country and the
safety of its members. TLU (SA) also drew up guidelines for members on how to
conduct themselves during protest actions. “The events at Senekal in the
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Railway
infrastructure in
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It
is clear to TLU (SA), along with all
law-abiding citizens, that the South African government is either unable or
unwilling to ensure the safety of its citizens. TLU (SA) will therefore support
legislation which affords South Africans the basic right of ensuring their own
safety and security. “We experience the South African government’s
inability to protect us in every aspect of society,” says Mr Henry Geldenhuys, TLU (SA)
president. “South Africans aren’t safe at home, at work, on
holiday, in cities, towns, rural areas or on farms. “The majority of
South Africans are living in fear, targeted and vulnerable groups like farmers
bear the brunt of it. Farmers are on the proverbial front line in the war
against crime in
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TLU (SA)
hopes the government, minister of police, Bheki Cele and criminals take
note of the growing feeling of resistance under South African farmers. A big crowd
of supporters this morning convened at the court in
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Suzanne
Daniels is a former Eskom employee
who stepped forward to blow the whistle on some of the country’s
most powerful and politically connected who raided the utility’s coffers
in the Zuma era. As my colleague Bernice Maune reports, the former legal and compliance officer
wasn’t tempted by the offer of R800m to help transform Eskom into a personal piggybank for Zuma and Gupta associates. Instead, Daniels laughed off the
overtures and went a step further by providing testimony to nail Malusi Gigaba, who has held
several top roles, including minister of public enterprises and minister of
finance. Instead of being treasured for patriotism and bravery, Daniels has
been in a lonely place, finding that her principled stance cost employment and
friends. Meanwhile, Gigaba remains free to live his
best life, although he is unable to shed the stench of corruption that has
lingered around him for the best part of a decade.
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Daily Insider, by BizNews.com,
The
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TLU (SA)’s statistics about
farm attacks do not correspond with the statistics the minister of police, Mr Bheki Cele
presented in parliament today. According to the department, there were only 46
farm attacks during
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TLU (SA) is anxious about the
increase in farm attacks, which this weekend lead to
five murders. It earnestly urges farmers, their families and workers to be
alert at all times. “The nine attacks of this weekend confirmed our
observation that the marked decrease in violent crimes on farms during the
first week of the lockdown, was shortlived,”
says Mr Henry Geldenhuys,
the chairman of TLU (SA)’s Safety Committee and deputy president of TLU
(SA). “The first six months of 2020 mirror the same period in
2019.” Apart from the increase in crime, the lockdown also leads to
further complications when police stations have to close after exposure to
Covid-19 temporarily. The public often does not have any alternative numbers
for SAPS members at these stations, and they are left to their own devices
during attacks. “It’s been some time since TLU (SA) realised they could not depend on the government to
safeguard them,” says Mr Geldenhuys.
“People who live on farms increasingly have to make use of their own
abilities and capacity to ensure their safety. The solution lies in personal
alertness and readiness.” From the feedback after failed attacks, it is
clear that victims who were highly alert and ready – with a weapon on
hand – could effectively prevent an attack. The reaction of a well-organised Farm Watch made up of members who know the
environment and residents is invaluable when the reaction time and effective
action of the police are limited. Safety starts with the individual farmer,
then the family and workers and then branches out to neighbours,
Farm Watch and the police. It is crucial to be prepared by doing the following:
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Keep a weapon for self-defence within reach;
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Have your contingency
plan in place;
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Ensure the ability to
communicate from the farm, is established.
TLU (SA) urgently
requests farmers to join local safety structures and always to be alert.
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The agricultural
sector was struck by 26 farm murders and 141 farm attacks so far this year. It
does, however, look like TLU SA’s advice on
safety and alertness adds to protecting farmers against murder. “It is
clear that effective resistance and the implementation of self-defence techniques lead to the death or severe injuring of
various attackers,” says Maj-Gen Chris van Zyl, the deputy general manager of TLU SA. “From the
accounts of farmers who maintained proper levels of preparedness, attackers
were not able to surprise them or catch them off-guard. An awareness of
strange or unnatural signs and immediate access to weapons prevented the loss
of innocent lives and serious injuries.” There was a decrease in violent
crimes since the inception of the lockdown. Between January and March this
year, TLU SA recorded 71 farm attacks and 14 murders. Since then violent crimes
started increasing to levels on par with those before the lockdown, and between
April and June, there was 68 attacks and 12 murders under farm residents.
“The high levels of violence against victims is not in comparison to the
obvious motives like robbery and theft of money, weapons and tradeable goods like computers and cellphones,”
says Maj-Gen Van Zyl.
“Organised agriculture cannot monitor court
cases to confirm actual motives. “The analysis of murder victims show without a doubt that white farmers, families
and farm workers make up two-thirds of murder victims. The particularly high
levels of violence and torture indicate a high level of racial hatred, which
deeply concerns us.” TLU SA calls on farmers to be alert and to work
together in Farm Watches to strengthen farm safety. Even though farm attacks
still count as priority crimes, it does not receive as much dedicated personnel
as other priority crimes. The root of the problem lies in the
government’s disinterest in protecting the lives of farmers.
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It is clear to the
Transvaal Agricultural Union (South Africa
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in the scorched town of Ladysmith Natal Ladysmith Natal
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channel, February 10/12 , 2020
The Transvaal Agricultural Union (SA) is considering legal
action to force the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) to supply satisfactory
answers over the prosecution of the leader of Black First Land First (BLF), Andile Mngxitama. More than a year after Mngxitama
threatened and incited his followers to kill White women and children, the NPA
still can not indicate whether it will prosecute him. In December 2018, during
a public rally in Potchefstroom, Mngxitama threatened
to kill five White people for every one Black person killed. He further made
threats against women and children: “We will kill their children, we will
kill their women, we will kill anything we find on our
way”. The next day, on December 11th, TAU (SA) laid a charge of hate
speech against Mngxitama with the police. TAU (SA)
had made various enquiries on how the case is progressing during the past year,
and thousands of people have signed the organisation’s
petition on it. “From the most recent interaction with the NPA, in
November, it is obvious that there is no decisive answer on what is happening
with the case or even who is handling it,” says Mr
Louis Meintjes, the president of TAU (SA). “In
terms of the National Prosecution Act, the power to decide on and undertake
legal action on behalf of the state lies with the NPA. The state must protect
South Africans against crime but fails time and time again. It is highly
concerning and creates the perception that law-breakers can do as they please
without any consequences. “The work ethic of the NPA is a disgrace
and shows the flagrant disrespect the body has for the community. The NPA
should at least supply answers to complainants, but even that is not happening.
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The
Transvaal Agricultural Union (
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The dysfunctional ANC
government is actively driving the agricultural sector over an economic cliff.
It is responsible for the accelerating rate of food security destruction
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Cyril Ramaphosa, the South
African president, has ordered hundreds of troops into the sprawling area of
townships known as the
- Daily Telegraph,
The
significant increase in farm attacks and murders since 2012, and especially
following the national elections, is a source of grave concern for TAU (SA).
According to Henry Geldenhuys, Vice President of TAU
(SA), this development, particularly regarding the inhuman torture of the
victims, can no longer be accepted. “The national murder figure of
about 53 people per day is unacceptable for us as an organisation
as well as for our members. During May alone, there were 46 attacks and 7
murders on farms. June is barely 3 days old and already 5 attacks and 1 murder
have been carried out on farms and smallholdings. This excludes towns and
cities,” Geldenhuys said. The agonising question of when the government, SAPS, and NPA
will take concrete action to halt the undeclared war that is being waged on
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reports,
https://mailchi.mp/aec2a7424571/genocide-in-south-africa
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contact in the
From
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The
outcome of the parliamentary review committee that proposed that the country's
constitution be amended to provide for expropriation without compensation did
not come as a surprise to TAU SA as it was expected in the light of the dubious
processes and the emotional uproar. This proposal means that many farmers are
now in doubt whether they must plant for the new season. It costs more than R6
000 per hectare to plough and plant, and farmers will think twice to incur
those huge costs if there is a great possibility that the land can be taken,
and they are at risk to lose everything. The president of the country should
give reasons why farmers should continue to plant. Furthermore, TAU SA will
continue with its international campaign and the UN Human Rights Commission
will be informed by the end of this month that the South African government
wants to amend its constitution to steal land from its people while the South
African farmers got their land lawfully and did not steal it.
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Transvaal Agricultural Union (South Africa) Media Release,
Crime in South Africa and particularly farm murders is
now internationalised. Comments emanate from far and wide. Social media has put
paid to the ANC’s hopes that their shenanigans will go unnoticed, and
while t-shirts and food hampers may sway their hapless followers, the world out
there knows what’s going on. It took some time, but the penny has finally
dropped. President Ramaphosa’s gaffe during his
recent visit to the United Nations in New York revealed a president either out
of touch or simply lying through his teeth. His fabrication wasn’t an
off-the-cuff aside in a corridor: it was during an interview with Bloomberg,
a major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information and one of
the most important financial institutions in the world. Bloomberg has
327 000 subscribers for its professional services, almost one million
global circulations of Bloomberg Business Week and over 150 news bureaux
internationally. What you say to Bloomberg matters – it travels around
the globe in a matter of seconds and it lands on the desks of important people:
investors, government advisors and CEO’s of the
world’s top corporations. Unfortunately for the president, he was caught
on video. There are no ambiguities about video: there he was pontificating
about President Donald Trump being “clearly misinformed”, followed
by an astounding statement: “There are no killings of white farmers in
South Africa and there are no land grabs in South Africa”. The video went
viral in South Africa. Some tried to excuse him (there will always be
apologists for politicians in power!). They said the president spoke “out
of context”. These defenders simply sank into Mr. Ramaphosa’s
quagmire. The lie was there for all to see and hear. He “lied through his teeth” declared TAU SA president Louis
Meintjes. He did not “misspeak”, nor did
he tell an “untruth”. There was no “out of context”.
Only last year he told the SA parliament: “We condemn the farm killings
that continue to take place in our country, because we can never justify any
form of taking a life. The farm killings must come to an end.”
He meant what he said because he said it. The president is often
described as a “measured speaker”, not one to rush in or talk
hastily off the cuff. He elocutes
quite slowly, as he did recently in New York. The United Nations Human
Rights Commission presents the eleventh session on Minority Rights in Geneva at
the end of November this year. TAU SA is of the opinion that this theme has
reference to “landlessness” which is facing South African farmers
and other land owners should the SA government’s policy of expropriation
without compensation begin. TAU SA will attend this commission and present a
paper. South Africans are used to “food on tap”. Supermarkets are
replete with the world’s best food, at excellent prices. Extra large eggs
sell at R2 each and top quality avocadoes go for R3.50 each. Our meat is world
famous for taste and quality, as are our vegetables. The president and millions
of others take the production of SA’s
commercial agriculturalists for granted. They probably never give a thought to
those farmers who get up every morning not knowing if they will survive the
next 24 hours. During the viral circulation of President Ramaphosa’s
deceitful pronouncement, it was reported that eight farm attacks occurred from
September 21 to 28. These happened all over the country. According to figures
issued by TAU SA, since 1990, 1977 farmers or their workers were murdered, and
there were 4790 attacks. This is up to and including mid September 2018. The
annual figures have remained fairly consistent during this period, with spikes
in 1998 (104 murders), 2002 (119 murders), 2004 (115 murders) and 2017 (82
murders). It is believed Mr. Mike Pompeo, the United
States’ Secretary of State, has been instructed by President Donald Trump
to investigate farm murders and the general
crime situation in South Africa. Mr. Pompeo
formerly headed the CIA and now runs the State Department. It is interesting to
read his own department’s 2018 warning to US citizens about crime in
South Africa. It is thorough, detailed and all-encompassing. It could actually
serve as a general warning to all South African citizens. It ranges from
CRITICAL-THREAT locations such as Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town, to the
numerous no-go areas within the country. It says “violent crime remains
an ever-present threat in SA.” It
described as “common” crimes such as murder, rape, armed robbery,
carjacking, home invasions, property theft, smash and grabs and ATM robberies.
“Armed robbery is the most prevalent major crime”, says the report,
most often involving hand guns or knives. Of particular concern to the State
Department, with regard to US citizens in South Africa,
are home invasion robberies and the accompanying violence. This includes farm
attacks which are by definition mostly in the farmhouses. “Victims who
resist or fail to comply with demands may
be killed or seriously injured”, says the State Department report.
The report adds financial and cyber theft, the dangers of walking in quiet
tourist areas and in townships (specific locations are prohibited for US
citizens), road safety and poorly marked and maintained roads and vehicles,
bribes asked by traffic policemen, the high rate of fatal traffic accidents,
and that a GPS could sometimes direct travellers to “dangerous
neighbourhoods”. The warnings go on and on – ten long pages: the
pilferage of luggage at airports, following airline passengers home and robbing
them, fake “police officers” who pull motorists over at gunpoint,
ethnic violence, unrestrained and disruptive civil unrest. (In the 2016/17 SAPS
reporting year there were 10,978 peaceful demonstrations and an additional
3 715 violent demonstrations. This averages around 40 per day.) The
country’s wildcat strikes are highlighted – these lead to
destruction of property and assaults, resulting in “numerous deaths,
injuries and extensive property damage”, says the report. Law enforcement
is not good. While shops are looted, “the police have been videoed
standing idly by. Citizens of other African countries are murdered, and the
perpetrators are seldom successfully prosecuted.” Nothing goes
unmentioned in this American report: pollution, environmental hazards, a
crumbling infrastructure, the relentless theft of copper wire and cables,
police detention and harassment and street level shakedowns for money.
“South Africa is the largest market for illicit drugs in sub-Saharan
Africa and serves as a trans-shipment point for cocaine and heroin, primarily
destined for Europe”. The South Africa we knew is now unrecognisable. The
savagery of crime is a terrifying phenomenon. The atrocities perpetrated on
farms now fill books. In many cases, only a cell phone is taken. One episode
graphically illustrates this feral trend: three former employees broke into a
home south of Johannesburg. They assaulted and shot dead the father, then raped
and killed his wife. They tied up the sobbing son and pushed him into a bath of
boiling hot water to drown him. According to the accused in court, they
“mutually raped the wife and restrained her by ‘standing on her
face’”. The family dog was disembowelled. How does this tie in with
the fulsome media praise of the South African president’s “new
dawn”? His United Nations lie about farm murders reveals a daunting level
of delusion. He never publicly refers to the remorseless and merciless crime
perpetrated on his fellow citizens. He ignores the farm barbarity, the sewage
in the streets, the pollution of our water and the demolition of our
infrastructure by mindless mobs. There is virtually no law and order. South
Africa is beginning to resemble those countries to the north where the big man
pretends to rule, makes sure his party will win the next election, rewards the
faithful with jobs and patronage while his country slips into anarchy. The SA
president has no thought of replacing the incompetents and thieves infecting
local government, even though the collapse is blatant and catastrophic. He
needs to stay in power, and he can’t upset too many applecarts.
Gareth van Onselen told the recent TAU SA annual
congress that “the rule of law is, for the most part, what holds anarchy
at bay. When it is eroded, chaos can spread and multiply. And there is every
indication that, today, the rule of law is at the weakest it has been for a
long time. South Africa is now home to its own form of gigantism, only it has
little to do with building or construction; rather, destruction and the depth
and breadth of our collective descent”. Despite this, South Africans are
gratefully overjoyed at the appointment of yet another ANC minister of finance,
and everything’s going to be fine. He has “saved the day”
according to some media. Fish rots from the head and no manner of shuffling the
Titanic deck chairs in the South African government will make much difference.
Says van Onselen: “When a government is not in
control, when there is no growth and contemporary emergencies define your
programme of action, the future very quickly becomes the present. The
government cannot invest in the future, for it is too busy holding the present
together”. The prescience of so many people who years ago warned of the
oncoming ANC peril is yet another example of whether prescience is a gift or a
curse. This point is of course academic now. Nobody was listening, and we have
reaped the whirlwind. Our president is unambiguously ANC, and he should be
judged on that party’s record, not on his latest patch-up cabinet
appointment.
-
Transvaal Agricultural Union (South Africa) Media Release,
SOUTH AFRICA’S WAS AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE
https://www.theepochtimes.com/south-africas-war-against-white-people__trashed_2681815.html
- article by Jani Alan, The Epoch
Times,
In a video
clip recorded during Pres Ramaphosa’s visit to
the United Nations in New York, he categorically states that no White farmers
are being murdered on their farms and that no illegal land grabs have taken
place. This after at least 43 people have been
murdered on farms this year of which 20 were White farmers. A number of illegal
occupations of land taking place in South Africa were reported by the national
media. Where the president gets his information, only the man on the moon will
know. Clearly his grasp of brutal realities in South Africa is the result of
seriously twisted ideological tunnel vision. He is lying through his
teeth.
-
Transvaal Agricultural Union (South Africa) Media Release,
According
to the SA Police Service 62 murders were committed on agricultural properties
during the last financial year. However, the TAU (SA) data base reflects a
figure of 70 which implies a slightly more than 10% higher figure than the
official statistics. This difference and the necessity to
speak with one voice on a topic which is increasingly receiving international
interest, demands to be consolidated. In this regard TAU (SA) has
approached the Minister of Police on several occasions to discuss the matter as
well as other related issues, but to date no constructive response has been
forthcoming. “It is imperative that in a matter of national (and even
international) concern, the problem requires joint and integrated action. Bearing
this in mind, a National Agriculture Safety Strategy in support of the SAPS
Rural Safety Strategy, has been drafted, approved at ASUF level and duly
implemented,” says Mr Louis Meintjes,
President of TAU (SA). “It is trusted that both the Minister of Police as
well as the National Police Commissioner will realise
that the ongoing threat of extremely violent and senseless crimes against
farmers, their families and other farm dwellers requires a dedicated and
unified effort to ensure a safe and secure environment for isolated communities
responsible for ensuring food security in South Africa”.
-
Transvaal Agricultural Union (South Africa) Media Release,
There is
no reason for government to be satisfied and there is no reason for farmers to
be content. This warning comes from Mr Henry Geldenhuys, Deputy TAU (SA) President and Chairman of the
union’s Safety and Security Committee as a follow-up on TAU (SA)’s
announcement of attack and murder figures for the first six months of the year.
Between January and June, 206 farm attacks and 33 murders occurred according to
TAU (SA) figures. This shows an improvement when compared to last years’
announcement for the same period when 220 attacks and 44 murders were
recorded. “As long as a zero figure is not recorded, we have no reason to
be happy”, says Mr Geldenhuys.
“Every life is important, and every murder is one too many. Government
cannot afford to sit back and be content, purely because the 2018 statistics
are better than that of 2017”. Mr Geldenhuys believes that the improvement could be ascribed
to an increased awareness and resulting preparedness amongst farmers, as well
as cooperation with private security companies supporting farmers in their
quest for a safer environment. “TAU (SA) wishes to convey it’s
appreciation to members of the South African Police Service who have rendered
excellent services, but there still is room for improvement, especially with
reference to the identification and apprehension of murderers. Too few are arrested
and the lack of successful prosecutions is cause for concern”, said Mr Geldenhuys. He also called
upon farmers to improve the standard of security as well as the establishment
of more farm watches under the auspices of organised
agriculture to contribute to more favourable
outcomes.
-
Transvaal Agricultural Union (South Africa) Media Release,
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Mr Henry Geldenhuys, Deputy President of TAU SA
and Chairman of TAU SA's National Committee for
Rural Safety, expressed his concern that, despite the fact that farmers have
made a lot of effort over the past to see to their own safety and the safety
of farm workers, there is still a rising tendency of farm attacks and
murders. Farmers had to become better equipped to look after themselves
because the state does not fulfill their responsibility in this regard.
According to Mr Geldenhuys,
the focus should not be shifted from the real problem, namely that every
murder on a farm is one murder too many. We keep ourselves busy with how
statistics are gathered and updated instead of focusing on the crime itself.
TAU SA's letter to the minister of police
requesting an opportunity for cross-checking statistics as well as discussion
regarding the formation of a specialist unit to investigate farm murders is
still unanswered. -
Transvaal Agricultural Union (South Africa) Media Release, A Free
State dairy farmer, Kobus, has been arrested and
charged with murder after he shot dead 13 Economic
Freedom Fighters (EFF) members who had occupied his farm and threatened
his family. According to records, Kobus, has a 1,250 hectares farm which he mainly used for dairy
farming. The incident happened in mid-November. The farmer is said to have
been woken up by noises and toyi-toying at his
property and was shocked to see close to 20 people wearing EFF regalia
telling him to leave the farm. Kobus was born and
raised at the farm and his great-grandfather built the farm and it was handed
over to generations before him. The violence quickly escalated when an angry Kobus fetched his gun and fired warning shots. Not to be
deterred, the EFF members are believed to have retaliated by throwing stones
and moving towards Kobus’ house.Things
quickly took a turn for the worst when Kobus opened
fire on the invaders. The aftermath saw, 13 EFF comrades, 9 of which were men
and the rest women, lying dead in the dust as the remaining protesters ran
away with their lives.Police arrived at the scene
after receiving a call from Kobus himself and he
was arrested on scene and charged with man slaughter.He
will appear in court soon. - LiveMonitor, British
singer Jon Moses was working for Fred Olsen Cruises when he was violently
raped, in - Care2 petition, |
A
British couple said they were “lucky to be alive” after being
stabbed and robbed as they climbed
-
Daily Telegraph,
INCREASING CRIMES ON FARMS AND
SMALL HOLDINGS
According to TAU SA statistics,
2017 indicates that 2017 compares badly with the situation over the same period
last year. In 2016 295 attacks and 52 murders were recorded whilst the same
period this year reflects an increase of 347 and 65 respectfully. “The
situation on South African farms and small holdings is critical and it is clear
that the SAPS Rural Safety Strategy is not producing favourable
results”, according to the TAU SA Deputy
President and Chairman of the unions’ Safety and Security
Committee. “The question may well be posed whether violent crimes
on farms and small holdings are truly enjoying priority status, whether the
required resources are available in rural areas to counter the threat and
whether Crime Intelligence is utilised to prevent
attacks against law abiding farm dwellers?”
- TAU SA Media Release,
Once
the most wealthy and developed nation on the continent, South Africa is quickly
facing economic collapse and brimming with racial tensions that many fear could
spill over into civil war. Stoking the fears of race wars is
-
Prophecy News Watch,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4457280/Is-South-Africa-heading-civil-war.html
-
Daily Mail,
DARKEST
MONTH EVER
The most
attacks and murders were recorded in February 2017 which is one of the worst
months yet. According to official statistics of TAU SA, the numbers of murders
and attacks on farms and small holdings are as follows:
Attacks
– 45
Murders
– 17
The
total for 2017 :
Attacks
– 71
Murders
– 21
These
statistics are shocking. TAU SA would like to extend its condolences to
families who were attacked and to those who have lost family members. We would
also like to express our gratitude to the SAPS and everyone involved with
investigations and the arrests of suspects in certain cases. Urgent action is
now required from the government as well as from the SAPS. Your plans no longer
work! To the farmers, don’t become a victim, become more vigilant. Carry
your weapon and be sure you know how to use it. If you keep your weapon in a
safe, rather sell it please. Become part of the Farm and Neighbourhood
watch and get involved with safety initiatives, it does not matter which organisation arranges it Pray every day for the Lord to protect
you and join in prayer days wherever it is organised.
- TAU SA Media Release,
The
great South African patriot and hero and former Conservative Party MP
Clive-Derby-Lewis died at his home in the
All-dominating
political noise is drowning out what is shaping up to become a more immediate
crisis with the supply of, and access to, water in South Africa. While a news
storm centred around President Jacob Zuma, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and
the issue of so-called state capture, the combination of the worst drought
since 1903, collapsing infrastructure and pollution of water sources is fast
developing almost unnoticed into a major crisis. Some areas in the country,
like the Amatola district in the Eastern Cape, have already been confronted
with life-threatening situations, and in parts of the economic heartland of the
country, dependent on the Vaal River system, besides encountering supply
problems, communities are running the risk of serious health threats due to
pollution, including from raw sewerage. Awareness of the problem with sewerage
dates back some time, and in 2015 the Mail & Guardian reported that the town of Deneysville on the banks of
the Vaal Dam, next to its wall, is “being overwhelmed by streams of human
waste”. But the problem not only comes from human waste and fertilisers
being used in agriculture. As recent as this past weekend it was reporterd that
a Harvard Law School investigation has found that the extraction of gold by
mines has left a “dangerous” environmental legacy. “It
includes having left some communities with contaminated water, soil and air
with elevated levels of heavy metals, including uranium. “Elevated
concentrations of heavy metals and radiation can cause immediate and long-term
medical problems ranging from asthma and skin rashes, cancer and organ
damage,” notes the report. Yet the government has not fully met its
obligations to ensure that communities in these areas can exercise their rights
to health, a healthy environment, water and housing, the report states. At a
July 2016 Green Building Conference, University of the Free State professor and
water expert Dr Anthony Turton said “… our sewage plants throughout
the country are collapsing. We produce five-billion litres of sewage a year and
only 20% of that is treated to a standard that makes it safe to be discharged
back into rivers and lakes.” In reality, however, in many instances this
insufficiently treated water does go back to rivers and dams. In the case of
Deneysville, from where water in the Vaal Dam is released to areas downstream
on the Vaal River, insufficiently treated water goes to the dam because the
sewerage treatment plant of the Refenfkgotso (Sasolburg area) is hopelessly
under-capacitated. The problem is further exacerbated by the drought and the
resultant low levels of dams, pushing up the toxic bacterial concentrations in
the water. The present crisis dominating our political and news scene does not
only distract from the attention the developing water crisis deserves and
needs, but adds to the problem. This was, almost unnoticed, illustrated at the
end of last week when the latest dramatic development in the political drama burst
onto the news scene. Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, filed papers with the
High Court in Pretoria asking it declare that, as finance minister, he is not
obligated to help the Guptas in their battle with South Africa’s largest
banks, which all terminated their banking relationships with the Guptas and
their companies earlier this year. The papers reveal a list of
“suspicious” bank transactions by Gupta-owned companies at the
heart of allegations about ‘state capture’, totalling almost R7bn.
On the list of 72 “suspicious” transactions is one of
R1.3bn in which the funds from the mining rehabilitation trust fund of
Optimum was paid to the Bank of Baroda, an Indian bank that still does business
with the Guptas. The Optimum mine was bought by the Guptas’ Tegeta
Exloration and Resources from the mining giant Glencore under highly
controversial circumstances. In his affidavit Gordhan expresses his concern
that the Guptas could have appropriated the rehabilitation fund for other
purposes. This fund, according to law, should only be used to restore the
environment after a mine falls into disuse. There has been much
speculation that Tegeta intended to raid the rehabilitation fund in order
to repay loans likely obtained to buy Optimum in the first place. It is,
however, not only on this level that funds intended to secure clean, safe
drinking water to the South African population is under political and
maladministration pressure. Also last week, again almost unnoticed, it was
announced that Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has set up a
task team to investigate allegations of corruption following claims that she
used her ANC influence in the so-called ‘watergate’ scandal.
Mokonyane came under fire early this year after accusations of political interference
in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. The Democratic Alliance claims that the
minister had a hand in the manipulation of processes to award tenders to
companies and individuals with connections to the ANC. In the instance of the
Refenfkgotso municipality, referred to above, a Carte Blanche report
a year ago and an article on BizNews found that the treatment plant for
sewerage is under-capacitated to deal with the water because a licence issued
by the Department of Water and Sanitation is not properly policed. This allows
the pipeline to take the polluted water to the dam where untreated sewerage is
then dumped. The political crisis in the country is exacerbating a problem that
is an immediate threat to the health and quality of life of millions of South
Africans as well as inhibiting attention being paid to it.
-
report sent by Piet Coetzer, October 18, 2016
A
British historian who spent almost 20 years as a tour guide specialising in the
Zulu War has died after a savage beating by armed robbers at his home in
-
Daily Telegraph,
I CANNOT DENY THE TRUTH, THE FACTS, THE
SLAUGHTER OF FARMERS, THE RAPE OF OUR HERITAGE BY
BLOOD-HUNGRY HOUNDS. THE TRUTH IS EMINENT. FACTS CAN NOT BE A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE
OR UNBELIEVING. AS A CHRISTIAN, I CAN NOT LIE TO MYSELF OR OTHERS,
- report
sent by PvB and TS,