Senseless attacks incited by hate speech that is the hall mark of ANCYL president Julius Malema. Malema's song "dubula ibhunu" (Kill the boer, kill the farmer) a call to murder white people.
Dairy farmer critically injured, wife tragically killed in Colenso KZN
71-year-old farm owner, Nigel Ralfe, was critically injured while his 64-year-old wife, Lynette was tragically killed.
It's believed that the gang members entered the farm at around 6pm pretending to be interested in buying some milk. They then allegedly pulled out their firearms and shot the farm owner twice.
The farmer was assaulted and during the assault he said they kept asking him for money, and he informed them that they didn't have any cash on the farm. They ransacked the house but nothing much seems to have been taken.
Lynette, who'd come outside to see what was happening, was then also shot. She sadly died at the scene.
This is the third attack on farmers in one weekend.
On Saturday night, a 46-year-old farmer was shot through his bedroom window while sleeping on his Rietfontein farm near Potchefstroom.
The man was taken to Potchefstroom Provincial Hospital in a critical condition while police search for those involved.
On Friday, 65-year-old Jan Wheeler was murdered outside Marble Hall in Limpopo.
His killers gained access into the farmer's house by breaking the back door.
They overpowered Wheeler in the bedroom and repeatedly stabbed him with a sharp object. The men took a few electrical household appliances and ran away.
The DA member of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature, Tom Stokes said he believed the issue of farm killings was aggravated by [Malema's] singing of struggle songs that advocated the killing of farmers.
He was referring to Malema singing "kill the boer" song last week at a meeting while addressing students at the University of Johannesburg.
This caused an uproar as some people viewed it as advocating the killing of farmers.
"Malema's actions, along with subsequent attempts by the ANC's Gwede Mantashe to justify his conduct, stand in stark contrast to the pain and suffering being experienced by this family and the many others before them," said Stokes.
"No deep thoughts are needed to realise that Malema's comments are creating an atmosphere which is conducive for those who want to commit murder...he is an accessory to the wiping out of farmers in South Africa."
The argument by the ANC that the song was merely a preservation of struggle literature, rang hollow in the face of a family that had lost a wife, mother and grandmother, said Stokes, referring to Sunday night's farm murder in KwaZulu-Natal.
The Freedom Front Plus was in the meantime preparing a report on farm murders and Malema's role in it. This will be given to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
"We will also investigate the possibility to lay charges against Malema at the International Criminal Court, or in the least make the court aware of a growing phenomenon of the victimisation of minorities and specifically the Afrikaner in South Africa," said Alberts.
This, he said, could escalate to international crimes. - Sapa
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