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 More farm killings than in Afghan war - union
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Farm attacks in South Africa this year have claimed more lives than the war in Afghanistan, an agricultural organisation said in a report on Thursday.

A total of 91 British soldiers died this year in the war in Afghanistan, compared to 111 people who were killed in farm attacks in South Africa over the same period, said Chris van Zyl, assistant manager of the Transvaal Landbou Union (TLU).

Beeld newspaper reported that over the past eight years, 282 British soldiers died in Afghanistan, quoting numbers provided by the BBC broadcaster.

But in just four years, 292 people died in farm attacks in South Africa, said Van Zyl, adding that these numbers were "conservative".
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Van Zyl said these statistics were given to the TLU by the police, who did not want the organisation to make it public. - Sapa

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1 Week ago Anonymous wrote :
This government condones the farm murders, it is plain for anybody to see. The farmers will leave and take their skills elsewhere, where they are appreciated. Sound like Zim?
1 Week ago Anonymous-law wrote :
As a person who worked with murders dayly in the past 10 years the extreme voilent nature of farm murders never seized to shock me.When talking to some farmers the regularity of attacks and the circumstances under which the farmers live is shocking.Unfortunately the killers are usually unknown and it is 90% the farm workers that brings the accused to Justice with there identifying evidence. It is clear that there are daily assualts on farmers in South Africa.(robbery seldom took place in these assualts).Government please do something otherswise we are going to die of hunger in SA
1 Week ago Anonymouse wrote :
Killing other people cannot be justified - whether it is war or on farms. Whether the motivation is racial or political. Thou shalt no kill.
1 Week ago Realist wrote :
The war in Afgahnistan is not illigitimate. It is a UN sanctioned war against a repressive government who harboured terrorists.
1 Week ago Anonymous wrote :
Some farmers abuse farmworkers, some of them who are Zim illegal immigrants. They work hard and sometimes are dismissed before they are paid. As illegal immigrants they have no recourse. As much as murder is unacceptable. Sometimes people must look at their actions and treatment of fellow human beings. It is a fact that most of the murdered farmers know their killers. Yes there might be one or two isolated instances where the crime is just pure robbery. Unfortunately some of the farmers have not chnaged; they still treat black people and their workers like dirt. White people must look at themselves in the mirror and assess their behaviour and treatment of black people. Being treated without dignity brings the worse in human beings. IOL - stop stirring. This topic is a deliberate attempt to stir empotions. Grow up and be part of building this country. I wonder what IOL achieves by such senseless article. What purpose does it serve?
1 Week ago David wrote :
To stop the killing we must find where the killers come from ,not the victims. Lets have statistics on that.
1 Week ago Anonymous too wrote :
Dear Anonymous, according to the police, the number of blacks killed by farmers in the same peiod was 3, these 3 being alleged robbers and killers, so what is your racist point?
1 Week ago Anonymous wrote :
What I can not understand, is people complaining about the socalled mistreatment, low wages and torture of farm workers. If you do not like the work, resign and find something else to do. Farm workers are not slaves, they can leave anytime they want. Nobody forces them to stay on the farm. And if you get shot at night while walking on a farmer's private property, then dont walk there, easy. Stay of the person's property. There are public roads to be used by the public. If I should judge by the remarks made here by certain people, then the murders of farmers are racially motivated. Full stop!!!
1 Week ago WeepingAfrican wrote :
They built a football stadium to honour the man who publicly called for the killing of the farmers - Peter Mokaba (ANCYL). How many of these murderers have been convicted or are they soldiers of the revolution?
1 Week ago Anonymous wrote :
91 Britons? what about American and French and the rest of those soldiers waging an illegitimate war on Afghanistan? I am sure more than 91 troops died there, this comparison to South African farm deaths is ridiculous, especially if it does not include the number of blacks killed by farmers.

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