Farm Attacks

Not a farm, but we do stay next to the veld of the Moreleta Spruit that runs through Pretoria East.

On the morning of Sunday 1st April at 5:20am I was woken by our dogs barking. I checked the CCTV to confirm what I heard (that dogs are barking at the gate in wall to the spruit) and that yard is clear, I then sneak out the nearest door to the gate in the wall, just as I round the corner (that would be below the CCTV camera the image is from) the criminal scum kicks the gate (to scare away dog or try to kick it open or whatever). That gate might have a weak lock, but it opens inwards and as you can see there are 2 heavy crossbars that will prevent it from opening inwards (and they can't be lifted) even if it's little lock is broken open.

The dog , seen circled in red in the below pic, runs away at the kick, but the other 2 that were around the corner to the left, run forward to the gate. I shout "Hey!" just after the kick and shine my spotlight to the gate, I couldn't see anything, the gap around the gate is only like 1cm and the brick wall is 2.2m high for people on both sides at that point (and it has palisaded and electric fencing on top), but man, you should have heard those motherfluffing losers run, I hope they got a big fright.

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I have now replaced one of my 500W housings (there were CFLs in there but they'd die after a few days due to the sun, and 500W bulbs just chew too much power) with a 20w Lumaglo LED floodlight from Checkers for R340, which fits the 500W bracket perfectly. Hell of a lot of light given by that 20W, patrollers (security comp, police and CPF) can now see whats happening in the veld behind my house if they drive on the nearby road. I will replace the other 500W housing with a LED at the end of the month.

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Added to the above, turns out that about a km away on the same morning at around 4:30am, on the other side of the spruit, they have broken through someones palisade fence and were busy bending his burglar bars away, when they made an accidental noise that alerted the residents in the house, who then saw them and they ran away when the residents screamed.
 
rietrot said:
This is becoming a major annoyance by us. The farmers are fencing in everything to try and prevent petty thefts. This is cutting off a lot of old foot paths used by the farm workers and where people would cycle or ride bikes.
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Well, then those that want to keep things open need to "take out" the criminal elements...
 
supersunbird said:
Well, then those that want to keep things open need to "take out" the criminal elements...
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The criminal elements isn't the farm workers or those passing through cycling. I will assist in someway if asked, but it isn't my place to just start "taking people out". How would I even do that?
 
By us you can see if the baddies are around by the amount of holes in fences...
 
rietrot said:
The criminal elements isn't the farm workers or those passing through cycling. I will assist in someway if asked, but it isn't my place to just start "taking people out". How would I even do that?
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If you cannot be The Punisher, then your freedom of movement will keep being reduced :(
 
rietrot said:
The criminal elements isn't the farm workers or those passing through cycling. I will assist in someway if asked, but it isn't my place to just start "taking people out". How would I even do that?
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That's the problem, my route over into Devon Valley is also used by some of the farm workers that side coming to visit friends/family in Cloetesville. They are friendly folks and always greet me when I ride past. As more farms start to fence up routes like these will be blocked making things difficult for those who still travel by foot. Unfortunately I don't see any other way as many of these paths are used by criminal elements to carry away whatever scraps of metal they can breakoff from anything on these farms.
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
Lovely prison :(

Swak to hear about you farmer/smallholding types having so many repeated issues. Be safe.
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What?! I am in the middle of suburbia, just next to a "green belt"/veld.

I sleep snug as a bug in my prison (I'm generally a deep sleeper), and it doesn't really hinder my enjoyment if life, I can relax in my yard as well, because my perimeter is secure.
 
2 arrested for Brown's Farm murders

Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of four people, including two teenagers and a child, who were shot dead at Brown's Farm near Philippi in Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Sunday.

"Our investigations into the ruthless killing led to the apprehension of two suspects, aged 27 and 34, over the weekend," Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut said in a statement.

"The third suspect, identified to have been part of the attack, is yet to be arrested, and detectives are hot in his pursuit."

A man, aged 28, two teenagers and two children were sitting in a vehicle in Brown’s Farm on Tuesday when three armed men fired at them before fleeing the scene.

The man, teenagers and a 12-year-old died on the scene, while the second child was injured and rushed to hospital.
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More at: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/2-arrested-for-browns-farm-murders-20180408
 
ForceFate said:
Looks like Brown's Farms is not an actual farm but name of a residential area. I checked on Maps
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You are correct, many areas close to Philippi is old agricultural land turned into ‘settlements’, now Cape Town suburbs which is what happened to Mitchells Plain at large. Philippi is still largely today a vegetable plot, but Browns Farm is how you have it, residential.
 
What is ambiguous about it?
When does murder become a slaughter?
by Gerhard Papenfus

This is a response to an article titled: ‘Genocide on the farms? Show us the facts' published by Sunday Times on 25 March 2018 (click here to view this article).

I believe many, especially those deeply affected by the murder of farmers, either directly or indirectly, will find the abovementioned article extremely disturbing.

My parents were victims of a farm attack. After being severely assaulted, they were abducted and dumped in a field 50 kilometres away from where the initial incident took place - in their farmhouse. Their survival was a miracle, but their lives changed irrevocably.

How insensitive of the author to refer to this national tragedy as ‘this farm murder story’? This is no 'story'; this is real, but of course not for anyone who is so far removed from this reality that it does not affect them at all.

Even the first sentence of this article is in poor taste and I quote - ‘A week ago I had one of those moments on social media when you get turned on for nothing. Well, almost nothing’. Perhaps I do not understand the context; perhaps I misunderstand the author, but I find this repulsive. I say this because every life counts, and every murder darkens the blood stains on our collective hands. We, as a nation, have become desensitised to this terrible ordeal.

The author’s choice of words in this article (for example ‘this farm murder story’ and ‘the white genocide story’), possibly unintentionally, results in diluting the seriousness of these crimes. It also seems as if he attaches a commercial value to the farm murder - he wants to know whether the victim is a farmer on a ‘5000-hectare cabbage farm in Limpopo’ or a farmer on a ‘smallholding in Muldersdrift’ - and the age of the farmer.

I find it quite absurd that the author, and according to him many others, find it difficult to agree on what constitutes a ‘farm’ or even a ‘farm murder’. Isn't a farm murder simply the murder of a farmer - whether it is a commercial farmer or a small farmer, whether young or old, rich or poor, whether a primary food producer or simply making an honest living - or even an old semi-retired farmer (because farmers seldom fully retire), spending his last days on the land he treasures?

Farmers are exposed to a remote and solitary existence, causing them to be exceptionally easy prey for those possibly motivated by the likes of the late Peter Mokaba and Julius Malema’s inciting, propagandistic song ‘kill a boer, kill a farmer’. Is the fire of slaughtering and torturing not kindled by a song of this nature? I am of the view that it is.

After all, when does a murder become slaughter? When will the loss of human life move the author? Does anyone expect an official announcement, based on the number of murders and the brutal nature thereof, that farmers have become politically motivated targets, whose protection deserves priority attention? Only time will tell. What we currently have is deliberate denial - for the sake of political convenience.

The author of the abovementioned article expresses the view that the agricultural boom which has taken place since 1994 could not have taken place ‘in the middle of a farmer genocide’. I disagree: the fact that farmers are continuing to produce efficiently, even under these very difficult circumstances, is simply testimony of their resilience, resolve and their absolute devotion to and love for farming - and not of the absence of the severe and life threating challenges they are facing daily.

I fully agree with the author: a murder is a murder and appalling whether it takes place on the ‘Cape Flats, in rural Transkei or in downtown Johannesburg’. There is nothing wrong however when the plight of farmers is highlighted - by those who identify with them, those reliant on them and those with an in-depth understanding of the severity of this tragedy currently playing out. However, much more needs to be done to alleviate the plight of all victims of crime across South Africa.

In conclusion, isn’t it sad that the world is waking up to this reality while South Africa is in denial?

This article is by Gerhard Papenfus, Chief Executive of the National Employers’ Association of South Africa (NEASA). He writes this in his personal capacity.

Source:
https://mailchi.mp/neasa.co.za/the-murder-of-farmers?e=d27febd55a
 
infscrtyrisk said:
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/farm-attack-victim-tells-her-story/
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The woman, Nicky, whose last name was left black for her safety, believes that the attack was not random and that the attacker appeared to have reversed.
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Reversed?

Of course it was not random, the attacker knew them (she says it) and probably the setup of the farm, and he was greedy and thus attacked them for a profit motive, some people kill their own relatives for greed.

our attacker was never ever fired by us, just a casual seasonal worker, last time he worked for us was two years ago… in my heart I know there’s more to this because we’re not those people…
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Treatment of white South African farmers sparks protest

Treatment of white South African farmers sparks protest clash outside Julie Bishop's office in Perth

Right and left-wing groups have faced off outside Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's office during a protest over the treatment of white farmers in South Africa.

Members of the Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA) and other groups delivered a petition calling on the Federal Government to create a special refugee visa category for the farmers.

Both sides taunted each other from across the street, with the left-wingers holding signs saying "fight racism" while the right-wingers carried banners saying "let the right ones in".

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-13/protesters-clash-in-perth-over-white-south-african-farmers/9653624
 
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There are many stories of employers deceiving temporary staff by changing terms when it's time for payments. In fact, some go as far as firing said temporary staff without paying their wages.

In some of these cases, without any form of recourse, the aggrieved former staff return with vengeance...

(not condoning what happened in the case above)
 
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ForceFate said:
There are many stories of employers deceiving temporary staff by changing terms when it's time for payments. In fact, some go as far as firing said temporary staff without paying their wages.

In some of these cases, without any form of recourse, the aggrieved former staff return with vengeance...

(not condoning what happened in the case above)
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I have not received my wages for this week, I better rape, strangle, stab and torture this family until I get my R500 worth of pleasure.

Sounds legit.
 
supersunbird said:
Reversed?

Of course it was not random, the attacker knew them (she says it) and probably the setup of the farm, and he was greedy and thus attacked them for a profit motive, some people kill their own relatives for greed.
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in my heart I know there’s more to this because we’re not those people…
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What's that supposed to mean, there can be many ways to interpret this.
 
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