3 murders in 3 days. Police still absent in rural safety - AfriForum
AfriForum has again appealed to communities, especially those in rural areas, to safeguard themselves and to call in the help of the civil rights organisation to establish neighbourhood watches. This, after two more farm murders took place in Boschkop, east of Pretoria, which brings the number of farm murders in the Boschkop and Cullinan area to three in just three days.
"Self-safety is the only effective way in which South Africans can help ensure their protection. It's a let-down that government is failing to execute this crucial duty to the citizens of the country," Ian Cameron, Head of Community Safety at AfriForum, said.
The following 4 attacks were reported to AfriForum:
1. A family of Jakkalsdans, Cullinan was held hostage in an armed robbery on 12 May.
2. Charlie Groenewald (76) of Boschkop was murdered on 13 May. He fatally wounded one of the alleged attackers.