Police investigation into causes of farm attacks is crucial
9 September 2020
The interministerial Committee on Land reform's decision to ask the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, to launch an in-depth investigation into the underlying causes of farm attacks and murders is timely and the investigation must be conducted as soon as possible.
Deputy President David Mabuza is heading the Committee.
During the recent parliamentary debate on the topic of farm attacks and murders (1 September 2020), the leader of the FF Plus (Dr Pieter Groenewald) called on the Minister to conduct such an investigation.
Dr Groenewald’s request to the Minister was to once again conduct an in-depth investigation into farm attacks, similar to the special investigation into farm attacks and murders that was conducted in 2003, to determine the underlying causes.