Post by cjm on May 4, 2015 17:20:53 GMT
It is dangerous out there.
www.farmersweekly.co.za/news.aspx?id=72087&h=Farm-murder-figures---TAU-SA-
The 14 April 2015 murder of an Eastern Cape farmer brought the total number of farm murders in South Africa to 19 so far this year.
This meant that, on average, a farm murder was carried out every five and a half days during the first 104 days of this year. TAU SA has kept detailed up-to-date annual statistics of farm murders in the country going back to 1990. These statistics reveal that, since 1990, 1 737 farmers, family members, farm workers, farm worker family members and visitors to farms had been murdered. This equates to a farm murder being carried out every 5,3 days over the 9 234 days from 1 January 1990 to 14 April 2015.
The 14 April 2015 murder of an Eastern Cape farmer brought the total number of farm murders in South Africa to 19 so far this year.
This meant that, on average, a farm murder was carried out every five and a half days during the first 104 days of this year. TAU SA has kept detailed up-to-date annual statistics of farm murders in the country going back to 1990. These statistics reveal that, since 1990, 1 737 farmers, family members, farm workers, farm worker family members and visitors to farms had been murdered. This equates to a farm murder being carried out every 5,3 days over the 9 234 days from 1 January 1990 to 14 April 2015.