Farm murders in South Africa continue

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Europe correspondent Leave a comment

The Free State community of Vredefort, South Africa, has been left devastated after a farm murder claimed the life of 71-year-old Dirk Steenkamp (pictured).

#farmmurder #farmattack
Dirk Steenkamp, a large cattle farmer from Vredefort, Free State, South Africa was shot dead outside his house. His attackers fled immediately from the scene and nothing was stolen. According to information, it was the sixth attack on Steenkamp's life. pic.twitter.com/Q4sZpbixoj

— Steven Swart🇦🇺 (@302Steven) March 4, 2018

As reported by OFM, Steenkamp was attacked at 07:00 on Sunday morning (4.03.2018) when he was inspecting a water pump near his property. A gang attacked him after driving to the farm and proceeded to shoot him.

Steenkamp’s wife raised the alarm shortly after hearing the gunshots, as the attackers fled. She was left unharmed in the incident.

The brutal crime has raised again the issue of farm murders in South Africa.

#FFPlus: Forget land and focus on farm murders. https://t.co/mxAnqelPWJ pic.twitter.com/IkcZYCYBpr

— SA Breaking News (@SABreakingNews) March 4, 2018

“The political parties in South Africa have demonstrated their incompetence and absenteeism over the past decades. Of course, the ANC was the dominant factor, but the so-called moderate Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) of Malema are no better and bear co-responsibility for the failure of the ‘Rainbow nation” – said Gerolf Annemans, the president of a Movement for Nations and Freedom (MENF).

“Some, including myself, dare to call it a silent genocide” – Annemans continued, while commenting on the situation with farm murders in South Africa. On day 66 of 2018 there have been more than 84 #FarmAttacks and 11 murders.