Wave of violent murders and attacks warrants specialist units against crime
27 May 2019
The wave of violent farm attacks and murders that has swept through South Africa since the elections earlier this month is extremely disturbing and serves as proof that there is a serious need for specialist units, like the former murder and robbery unit and an additional unit for farm attacks, to combat crime effectively.
The FF Plus is concerned about the cruelty exhibited in some of the attacks and is disappointed that President Cyril Ramaphosa did not condemn such crimes more strongly during his inauguration speech this past Saturday.
In the most recent incident, two young people were murdered in broad daylight in Benoni after their vehicle ran out of fuel.
The 19-year-old Johanco Fleischman and his friend, Jessica Kuhn (21), were apparently shot and killed for no reason. Thus far, only a cell phone seems to have been taken. Running out of fuel and being stranded next to the road in South Africa cannot equal the death penalty.