Agricultural sector hit by 26 farm murders, 2020 midyear data shows

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The agricultural sector has been hit by 26 farm murders since the start of the year, TLU SA said on Tuesday.

in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend. Also at the weekend, Afrikaans singer Wynand Breedt was shot dead on his farm outside Worcester near Cape Town.commercial farmers’ union said. “

Between January and March this year, TLU SA recorded 71 farm attacks and 14 murders. Since then violent crimes started increasing to levels on par with those before the lockdown, and between April and June there were 68 attacks and 12 murders.”

 

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