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There is insufficient data to reliably estimate a murder rate for South African farmers. [13] South African government data indicated between 58 and 74 murders on farms annually in the period 2015–2017; out of an annual murder count of 20,000 total murders in South Africa; [25] [26] these figures are broadly consistent with figures collected ...
Killing of Brendin Horner. Brendin 'Choppie' Horner (c.1999 – 1 October 2020) was a 21-year-old South African farm manager for the Bloukruin Estate at Paul Roux, [1] Free State, who was killed by a suspected stock thief or thieves. His body was recovered at DeRots farm outside Paul Roux, and two suspects were taken into custody.
The Witkruis Monument or Plaasmoorde Monument is a monument complex along the N1 route between Potgietersrus and Pietersburg, South Africa, conspicuously located on the slope of Ysterberg, on private property of the Harmse family. [2] Since June 16, 2004, symbolic white-painted metal crosses have been planted on the area of about 5 hectares for ...
South African song. "Dubul' ibhunu" (Xhosa:[dəbʊliːbuːnuː]), translated as shoot the Boer,[1]as kill the Boer[2]or as kill the farmer,[3][4]is a controversial anti-apartheid South African song. It is sung in Xhosaor Zulu. The song originates in the struggle against apartheidwhen it was first sung to protest the Afrikaner-dominated ...
"The 2021 South African unrest, also known as the July 2021 riots,[23] the Zuma unrest[24] or Zuma riots,[25] was a wave of civil unrest that occurred in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces from 9 to 18 July 2021, sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court.[21]: 52 Resulting protests against ...
Murder of Anene Booysen. Anene Booysen (October 30, 1995 – February 2, 2013) was a 17-year-old girl who was found by a security guard the morning after she had been gang-raped and disemboweled at a construction site in Bredasdorp, in the Western Cape, South Africa on February 2, 2013; she was still alive, but died later in the day.
The Azanian People's Liberation Army ( APLA ), formerly known as Poqo, [1] [2] [3] was the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, an African nationalist movement in South Africa. In the Xhosa language, the word 'Poqo' means 'pure'. After attacks on and the murder of several white families the APLA was subsequently classified as a ...
The South African business newspaper Financial Mail published a lead story on 6 August detailing the theory that F.W. de Klerk had orchestrated the libel case to discredit Terre'Blanche and the far right movement in South Africa. [37] Allan has continued to dismiss the claims. [38]