The uncomfortable truth of farm murders cannot be ignore any longer
14 March 2017
The excessively high percentage of murders on farms and the brutality thereof in many instances, which creates the impression that it isn’t ordinary crime, has necessitated the FF Plus to call for a debate on farm murders, Dr. Pieter Groenewald, Leader of the FF Plus, says.
Farm murders were discussed in Parliament for the first time today.
Dr. Groenewald said in his speech that the uncomfortable truth about farm murders can no longer be ignored. He also emphasized that not only white people die in farm attacks, although they make out the majority, according to statistics.
He said where the world’s average figure for murders is 7 in every 100 000 of the population, it is 33 in every 100 000. Regarding police, the figure is 54, while for farmers it is 133 farmers being murdered in every 100 000 of the population.