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Since the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, many white Boer farmers have been murdered throughout the country. Attacks have also been recorded against the few wealthy black farmers. In most incidences, perpetrators tend to be young black males from poor communities nearby. As a result of these murders many farmers have fled the countryside.
Many theories have been put forth for the reason for these murders, including race and poverty. It has been suggested that many poor people believe that land belonging to white farmers will be redistributed to blacks if the owners are killed or driven away. Simple jealousy or theft may be a motivation for many attacks. Farmers' organisations have claimed that theft and land redistribution do not seem to adequately explain some attacks, stating that many cases of these deaths have seen no damage to or theft of property. These claims are not borne out by official investigations. There is also evidence that, in some cases, the attackers waited for hours for the victims to return. The age of victims of these murders has ranged from as old as 87 years to young infants. Elderly victims seem to be targeted above others, reducing the support for claims of genocide.
Murder is not the only result of the thousands of attacks each year. There is a threat of damage or loss to property, or being beaten, tortured or raped. Statistics tend not to be very clear on the exact crimes committed, although it has been discovered that murder is the result of about one-tenth of all recorded attacks.
It has been suggested that the South African government is failing to take appropriate measures against these attacks. Several publications and media have claimed that local officials in some areas have taken no action to stop or report crowds chanting violent and racist slogans stemming from the liberation struggle era, such as “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer”. The South African Human Rights Commission has declared the slogan to be hate speech, a position that is supported by the ruling ANC . Various measures have been taken by the local communities to increase their security, but the killings show no sign of stopping. Many farmers are angered by what they see as the government, media and international community ignoring the attacks.
See Also
Sources & External Links
- International Campaign to Stop South African Genocide
- Evidence of genocide
- Report: Racism Plagues Response to Rural Crime
- Stories of South African Genocide
- The Not So Silent Genocide on Farmers
- "SA White Genocide: We All Know Someone Murdered"
- GenocideWatch.org Report on Boers Slain
- Site dedicated to stopping genocide of Boers
- 2001 News Story: "Killing of South African Farmers Intensifies"
- June 2002 News Story: "White Afrikaner Farmers Under Seige"
- July 2002 News Story: "Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer"
- News Story: "Farm Couple Killed"
- Pictures of farm murders
Media Evidence & Media Links
News report to terror of South African farmers in the Mandela era
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