Farm attacks rise by 60% over the past decade – TAU SA announces semi-annual agricultural crime figures.
TAU SA is extremely concerned about the increase and brutality of farm attacks in South Africa, with a 60% increase over the past decade.
These statistics were announced today during the organization’s announcement of farm attack and murder figures.
According to TAU SA’s official Incident Register, which has been updated since 1990, 1 125 farm attacks were reported between 1990 and 1999. Between 2000 and 2009, 1 407 cases – a 22% increase – were reported, and 2 616 farm attacks across the country – a 60% increase – have been recorded in the past nine years from 2010 to 2019.
In the corresponding times, farm murders increased from 637 (1990 to 1999) by 22% (799 murders) between 2000 and 2009. In the next nine years to 2019, 586 farm murders occurred.
“These figures are shocking. But
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