Friday, July 19, 2019

A CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT BY LUMIERE IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED AND/OR MURDERED IN FARM ATTACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA




A LIT CANDLE HAS BEEN BURNING IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL WHO HAVE BEEN  WOUNDED AND/OR MURDERED IN FARM ATTACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA.  May they rest in peace, and may strength and courage be with their bereaved families and friends.

POLITICIANS GIVE WARNING
Famine will result if proficient farmers continue to be murdered on farms, said Mr Mosiuoa Lekota, leader of the Congress of the People [Cope]; Alleged News. [1]
Mr Lekota is one of the many politicians to express their horror at the news that an elderly couple were murdered on their farm outside Boshof in the Free State on Friday night (12 July 2019): Alleged News. [1] Mr and Mrs Sakkie and Ina van der Berg were attacked in the house on their farm Bloubos, and murdered: Alleged News. [1]
Mr Lekota said that the idea of land expropriation without compensation had been a frequent topic for discussion among Robben Island prisoners, Alleged News. [1] "Ons het gesê die dag as ons ons vryheid kry, sal ons sorg dat geen eiendom sonder vergoeding onteien word nie, omdat ons nie die ekonomie van die land wou ontwrig nie," (Translation: "We said that the day we would gain our freedom, we would ensure that no property would be expropriated without compensation, because we did not want to disrupt the country's economy"), Alleged News. [1] "Die land gaan sonder kos wees as die boere aanhou doodgemaak word, want melk, vrugte, groente en vleis verskyn nie net in 'n supermark nie. Ek dink nie die regering besef hoe dringend hy die mense in die land se veiligheid moet opskerp nie." (Translation: "The country will find itself without food should the farmers continue to be killed, since milk, fruit, vegetables and meat do not just appear in a supermarket. I do not think the government is aware how urgently it needs to sharpen up the security of the people in the country"); Alleged News. [1]

FARM MURDERS HAVE BECOME A CRISIS
Dr Roy Jankielsohn, DA-member and leader of the official opposition in the Free State legislator, offered sympathy to the relatives of the deceased: Alleged News [1] "Ons lewe in n siek samelewing waarin mense en veral ons senior burgers nie meer veilig is nie," (Translation: "We live in a sick society in which people and particularly our senior citizens are no longer safe,") Alleged News. [1]
Dr Jankielsohn stated that security in rural districts, particularly with regard to farm attacks, has become a crisis: Alleged News. [1] "Dit is duidelik dat die polisie die oorlog teen misdaad verloor het," (Translation: "It is clear that the police have lost the war against crime,") Alleged News. [1]

EXACERBATION FACTORS
Dr Jankielsohn is of the opinion that there are three factors which are exacerbating the situation; Alleged News. [1] Firstly the gravity of the situation has not been accepted by politicians: secondly, South African society has lost its moral compass and violent crime has become part of our everyday existence. Thirdly, the legal system are leaving victims and their families in the lurch," Alleged News. [1] Moreover, the police are not receiving the necessary support in terms of vehicles and trained personnel; Alleged News. [1]

CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT
FF Plus-LP Wouter Wessels said, "Ons as party wil weer n ernstige beroep op die regering doen om daadwerklik op te tree. (Translation: We as a party wish to call seriously on the government to take active action.) Landelike veiligheid moet opgeskerp word. (Translation: Rural security must be sharpened up.) Dit is veral die landelike bevolking wat uitgelewer is. (Translation: It is particularly the rural population who are being handed over.) Die VF Plus sal die dubbele Van der Berg-moord met die provinsiale kommissaris van die polisie en op nasionale vlak met die polisiekommissaris opneem," (Translation: The FF Plus will take up the dual Van der Berg-murder with the provincial commissioner of police and at national level with the police commissioner); Alleged News. [1]


WALL OF REMEMBRANCE
At the Wall of Remembrance at Nampo Park Bothaville in the Free State, the names of farmers murdered from 1961 onwards may be found; Alleged News. [2] Some of the walls are so full that names have to be written on the sides of the walls: Alleged News. [2] The murders are brutal, with details too horrific to be included in a family blog: Alleged News. [3] 

WE REMEMBER THEM
December 2010: Two-year-old Wilmien Potgieter hacked to death with a panga and shot: her father Free State farmer Mr Attie Potgieter and her mother murdered on their Lindley farm; Alleged News. [4]




2019 - a few of the farm attacks news reports
Bonnievale
15th May 2019 news report: Bonnievale farmer Mr Vintner Tool Wessels,  Bonnievale farmer murdered: wife Mrs Liezel Wessels stabbed and reportedly burned with boiling water as they were leaving for church activities, Alleged News. [5]
Stellenbosch
4th June 2019 news report: Louisenhof wine farm owner Mr Stefan Smit murdered in Stellenbosch, his wife and friend were tied up: Alleged News. [6]
Hoopstad/Bloemhof
22nd April 2019 news report: Free State farm attack - Mr Janus Powell shot dead in the Hoopstad/Bloemhof district, leaving behind his bereaved wife and four-year-old son: Alleged News. [7]
Potchefstroom
23rd April 2019 news report: 8-year-old boy had his nose crushed in a farm attack near Potchefstroom: Alleged News. Doctors have had to reconstruct his nose with screws and steel plates; Alleged News. His father, Mr Mario Coetzee, sustained serious head injuries and was kept in an induced coma; Alleged News. Marlu's mother, Mrs Nellie Coetzee, was hit in the head: she received eight stitches, Alleged News. [8]
Near Makhado Limpopo
22nd May 2019 news report: At the farm Welgevonden, near Makhado Limpopo, Ms Annette Kennealy found dead with several wounds to her head, a hammer and iron pipe found next to her body; Alleged News. [9] 
Mpumalanga
9th April 2019 news report: 70-year old farmer was shot 4 times during break-in in Marble Hall, Mpumalanga: Alleged News. He sustained four gunshot wounds to his chest, arm and leg and was airlifted to hospital; Alleged News. [10]
Bokfontein
7th July 2019 news report: Bokfontein - 72-year-old farm attack victim was beaten over the head and stabbed in head, neck and back; Alleged News. One attacker also bit the victim, Alleged News. [11] Bokfontein - An elderly couple wife (75) and husband (77) were attacked and  assaulted in another farm attack at Bokfontein, Alleged News. The elderly wife was admitted to hospital: Alleged News.[11]
Devon Gauteng
3rd July 2019 news report: Attack took place on farm Nooitgedacht in Devon, Gauteng: the 58-year-old farmer was attacked and overpowered by six armed attackers: Alleged News. He was violently assaulted and shots were fired at him by the attackers: fortunately all missed him; Alleged News. [12]
Apiesrivier Gauteng
2nd July 2019 news report: Farm attack at Apiesrivier area, Gauteng - a couple were attacked by three armed suspects, assaulted, tied up and were robbed: Alleged News. [13]
De Wildt Gauteng
28th June 2019 news report: Farm attack at De Wildt Gauteng in which six armed attackers overpowered two guards at a smallholding, Alleged News. [14] 
Tied up, shot and raped
4th June 2019 news report: Mr Ian Cameron of AfriForum, in a press conference in Centurion on 4 June 2019, revealed that in South Africa from 1 January to 31 May 2019 there have been 184 farm attacks and 20 farm murders; Alleged News. During the conference a victim said "We were tortured for four hours. I can only describe that night as if we were hunted like wild animals. We were tied up, shot and raped," Alleged News. [15]
Hankey Eastern Cape
5th June 2019 news report: Farm outside Hankey, Eastern Cape; A 45-year-old businesswoman was raped and her three children tormented; Alleged News. The charges brought against the accused included two of rape, four of attempted murder, attempted rape and compelling a child to witness a sexual act, among others; Alleged News. The accused was convicted on all 17 counts against him, Alleged News. [16]
Paarl
4th June 2019 news report; Armed robbers raid house on farm near Paarl, the wife was assaulted with a blunt object and sustained a head wound, Alleged News. [17]
Westonaria
21st May 2019 news report; 17-year-old was raped during an attack on a farm in Westonaria, Alleged News. Police are on the hunt for 5 suspects, Alleged News. The 55-year-old father who was about to take his daughter to school was hit over the head while his daughter was raped, Alleged News. [18]
Petrusberg Free State
29th June 2019 news report; A farm attack took place in Petrusberg Free State, Alleged News. A farmer and his wife were attacked by three suspects; the farmer was assaulted, Alleged News. [19]
Patryshoek Gauteng
29th June 2019 news report; A farm attack took place on 28 June 2019 in Patryshoek in Gauteng, Alleged News. Two victims were attacked on their smallholding by five or six attackers, Alleged News. [20]
Lanseria
26th June 2019 news report; Farm attack in Lanseria - a man who was shot nine times on 11 November 2018 during a violent farm attack passed away on 25th June 2019, Alleged News. His planned marriage was postponed twice due to complications from the gunshot wounds, Alleged News. During the attack, a gun was held to a 13-year-old girl's head, Alleged News. Mr Johan van Wyk [41] was shot in front of his fiancee and their four children; Alleged News. The attackers then fired shots at the children aged 6, 11, 13 and 18; Alleged News. [21]
Biesiesvlei North West province
24th June 2019 news report; A farm attack took place on 21 June 2019, in Biesiesvlei area, in the North West province; Alleged News. Mr Francois Labuschagne was attacked and robbed by at least three attackers; he was assaulted, suffering wounds to his head, arms and body; Alleged News. His dog was also poisoned, Alleged News. [22]
Martindale Free State
6th July 2019 news report: Ms Anna Herbst was murdered at her smallholding in Martindale, outside Bloemfontein: her house was set alight after her murder, Alleged News. Her hands had reportedly been tied, and police are investigating the possibility that she had been shot, Alleged News. This dear lady was well-known in the area and sold pancakes. [23]
Roodeplaat
29th June 2019 news report: Farm attack; A farm worker was attacked and shot by two armed suspects in the Roodeplaat area, Gauteng; Alleged News. [24]
Delmas
24th June 2019 news report: Farm attack; Police at Delmas are looking for suspects who attacked three farm workers at a farm : Alleged News. The farm workers were in their living quarters when six armed men stormed in and began assaulting them: the farmhouse was ransacked and the farm workers were left tied up by cable ties, Delmas [25]
Argent, Mpumalanga
23rd June 2019 news report; A farm attack in Argent, near Delmas, Mpumalanga province: Alleged News. A guard and a farm worker were attacked, assaulted and tied up by six attackers, Alleged News. The house was then ransacked and robbed; Alleged News. A farm worker sustained serious injuries, and was taken to hospital: Alleged News. [26]
Andeon, Gauteng
21st June 2019 news report: A farm attack took place on Andeon industrial holdings in Gauteng province: Alleged News. A foreman was assaulted by 6 armed attackers, and tied up with other staff members Alleged News. Robbery took place, Alleged News. [27]
Centurion
23rd June 2019 news report; Resident of Monrick smallholdings near Eldoraigne in Centurion Mr Stephen Ferreira had his foot amputated after being shot; Alleged News. On the same day a deaf gentleman who stays on one of the smallholdings was attacked by three men and sustained head injuries; Alleged News. [28]
Nigel
20th June 2019 news report; Farm murder, Nigel; Mr Johan Pretorius was beaten over his body and head with a pickaxe handle; and apparently placed back into his vehicle before it was set alight Alleged News. The pickaxe handle was found broken in two at the murder scene; Alleged News. People who reacted to an emergency call of a fire at Mr Wessels' farm gate found the dead and burnt body of 44-year-old Mr Johan Pretorius next to his vehicle: Alleged News. [29]
Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal
2nd June 2019 news report; A farm attack took place in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal: a security guard was shot on a game farm by one of at least 20 Farm attackers, possibly poachers: Alleged News. Another man was violently assaulted during the attack; Alleged News [30]
Levubu area Limpopo
June 20th 2019 news report; Sentencing was handed down to two men for the murder of Mr Huthie Bonnema (62) who was stabbed to death on 18 October 2016 in the Levubu area, Vhembe district, Louis Trichardt municipality, Limpopo: Alleged News. [31]
Tweedespruit Cullinan Gauteng
19th June 2019 news report; A farm attack was averted when a farmer opened fire on 3 attackers; Alleged News. The attack took place in Tweedespruit, Cullinan Gauteng; Alleged News. Poison had already been put out by the attackers, and the man's dog died 30 minutes later; Alleged News.  [32]

Farm murders list, Alleged News
https://southafricatoday.net/tag/farm-attack/

Farm Murders Victims Names 1994-2010: Alleged News 
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/11/farm-murders-victim-names-1994-2010_21.html


WHY NOT SIGN THE PETITION?

[1] Volksblad Netwerk 24, Maanday 15 Julie 2019, Front page article "Politici waarsku na nog 'n plaasmoord in Vrystaat", Alleged News

[2]The Wall of Remembrance: Farm Murders in South Africa, the list grows longer: Alleged News 
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/the-wall-of-remembrance-farm-murders-in-south-africathe-list-grows-longer/

[3] Remembering the farmers who died trying to feed SA; Alleged News
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/remembering-the-farmers-who-died-trying-to-feed-sa-20170519

[4] One person murdered every week on a farm in South Africa: AfriForum, Alleged News

[5] Bonnievale farm attack: Teen suspect held for murder, attempted murder; Alleged News

[6] Outrage over Stellenbosch farm owner's murder; Alleged News 

[7] Grim weekend of farm attacks ends with murder in Free State; Alleged News

[8] Boy, 8, says his heart is 'sore' after nose reconstruction surgery following Potch farm attack; Alleged News

[9] Suspect arrested for murder of farm-attack activist Annette Kennealy, Alleged News

[10] Elderly farmer shot 4 times during break-in in Marble Hall; Alleged News

[11] Second Bokfontein farm attack in 24 hours, man (72) severely injured, Alleged News

[12] Farm attack, 6 armed attackers assault, open fire on farmer (58) Devon, Alleged News

[13] Farm attack, couple assaulted and tied up, Apiesrivier; Alleged News

[14] Farm Attack, 6 attackers overpower 2 guards, De Wildt; Alleged News

[15] 184 Farm Attacks and 20 farm murders in South Africa Jan to May 2019; Alleged News

[16] Man who shot, raped mother on farm convicted for 'unspeakable horror', Alleged News

[17] Armed robbers raid house on farm near Paarl, Alleged News

[18] 17-year-old raped in Westonaria farm attack, Alleged News

[19] Farm attack, farmer and wife robbed, Petrusburg; Alleged News

[20] Farm attack, couple hospitalised after brutal assault, Patryshoek; Alleged News

[21] Farm murder; man shot 9 times in front of family has died, Lanseria; Alleged News

[22] Farm attack, man ambushed, savagely assaulted at his gate, Biesiesvlei; Alleged News

[23] Elderly woman attacked, murdered in her home then set alight, Martindale: Alleged News
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/free-state/elderly-woman-attacked-murdered-in-her-home-then-set-alight-martindale/

[24] Farm attack, farm worker attacked and shot; Alleged News 
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/gauteng/farm-attack-farm-worker-attacked-and-shot-roodeplaat/

[25] Farm attack, workers assaulted, farmhouse ransacked, Delmas; Alleged News
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/mpumalanga/farm-attack-workers-assaulted-farmhouse-ransacked-delmas/

[26] Farm attack, guard and a farm worker seriously assaulted, tied up, Argent; Alleged News 
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/mpumalanga/farm-attack-guard-and-a-farm-worker-seriously-assaulted-tied-up-argent/

[27] Farm attack, 6 armed attackers, foreman assaulted and tied up, Andeon, Alleged News
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/gauteng/farm-attack-6-armed-attackers-foreman-assaulted-and-tied-up-andeon/

[28] Farm attack: Man's foot amputated after being shot, Centurion; Alleged News
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/gauteng/farm-attack-mans-foot-amputated-after-being-shot-centurion/

[29] Horrors of the farm murder of Johan Pretorius, Nigel; Alleged News
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/gauteng/horrors-of-the-farm-murder-of-johan-pretorius-nigel/

[30] Farm attack, 20 Attackers, security guard shot, man assaulted, Vryheid game farm; Alleged News
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/kwazulu-natal/farm-attack-20-attackers-security-guard-shot-man-assaulted-vryheid-game-farm/

[31] Farm murder of Huthie Bonnema (62), two handed life sentences; Alleged News
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/limpopo/farm-murder-of-huthie-bonnema-62-two-handed-life-sentences/

[32] Farm attack, farmer opens fire on 3 attackers, dog poisoned, Cullinan: Alleged News
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/gauteng/farm-attack-farmer-opens-fire-on-3-attackers-dog-poisoned-cullinan/


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