More Farm murders in South Africa in 2009 than soldiers deaths in Afghanistan
Date Posted: Friday 13-Nov-2009[A good friend of mine sent me his thoughts below. He refers to a top notch Afrikaans newspaper,
DIE BEELD. They not only murder white farmers but also the blacks who work for them.
In Zimbabwe, Mugabe drove the black farm workers off their land and out of work. I stand
to be corrected but I think about 400,000 black people were affected. I think Paul is most
definitely right. We are going down the same path as other black African countries where in
the end they just destroyed the agricultural sector and now they starve to death and the countries are i
n ruins. Jan]
Hi Jan,
Hope you are keeping well.
Just read an article in Beeld (dd 12/11/2009) regarding the deaths on farms in South Africa.
The article does a comparison of the number of deaths that the British have suffered in Afganistan.
So far this year the British have had 91 soldiers killed in combat while at least 111 people have been
killed on farms in South Africa.
Because the police do not want to release official statistics TLU SA have had to reply on media
reports to compile their figures so these could be very conservative.
In the last eight years the British have lost 232 soldiers while here in South Africa 292 people
have died in farms attacks in only four years.
The police asked Agri SA not to reveal the statistics that had been given to them.
Why?
Is it because the figures are so high that it would be an indication that they (the police) could do
nothing to curb these murders?
A concern that is being raised, is that now both farmers and their workers are being targeted.
I can recall a couple of African countries that started off in a very similar pattern with the end result
being a free for all against farmers. Are we heading the same direction?
Have a great day
Paul
Posted By: Jan
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