A family living in a smallholding near Dannhauser in KwaZulu-Natal lives in fear "day and night" after about 300 people in the community occupied their land illegally.
The FF Plus said on Friday that the occupiers apparently stole goats, sheep, chickens and tools while two police officers and an ANC councilor simply stood and watched.
"The owner of the smallholding, Leon Ackerman, lives with his wife and other relatives who include children on the ground," said Lourie Bosman, the party's spokesperson on land affairs.
"The situation is currently very explosive and the family is threatened daily by people in the area who believe the family has given seven days to leave the ground. Today, the family is told that people from the area sign a petition saying they have time to leave their land for seven days. "
According to Bosman, these people told the family that the police had approved the petition and that the ANC in Pietermaritzburg would "make it legitimate".
"According to the Ackermans, about 300 people, armed with kieries and hijackers, occupied their land on Monday after a local ANC councilor allegedly urged them to do so."
Ackerman called the police on Dannhauser and appeared two police officers who apparently stood with the ANC councilor and watched the people robbed the buildings. More than 50 goats, sheep and chickens as well as equipment are allegedly carried away.
"Members of the police station at Dannhauser then apparently refused to accept a complaint and the family approached the local livestock unit for assistance. The cattle have been recovered last week and a number of people have been arrested. "
According to the Ackermans, these people were released later, allegedly commissioned by a senior police officer of the province.
"The FF Plus intervened this week by activating the local safety networks of farmers to help the Ackermans if necessary. The family will also be assisted to file a complaint with another police station as the police on Dannhauser still refuse to assist, and the leader of the FF Plus, Dr. Pieter Groenewald will take the matter at the highest level with the police. "
Bosman said these events underlined the ignorance currently under way on the ANC government's decision on unpaid expropriation and the extremely explosive situation created when this ignorance was exploited and inflicted by raging political statements.