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Afriforum(and the BBC for that matter) is full of shit. They only care about the rights of blacks, just like the South African government.Some interesting information...
South African farm attacks - Wikipedia
In attacks on South African farms, predominantly white farmers and black farm workers[1] are subjected to violent crime, including murder. Farm attacks have been described as "frequent" in the post-Apartheid period, and, although some analysts believe they may be linked to racial animosity within South African society.[2][3][4][5] the South African government, and other analysts, as well as Afrikaner civil rights group Afriforum maintain that farm attacks are part of a broader crime problem in South Africa, and do not have a racial motivation.[1][6][7][8] It also remains unclear if white farmers are victims of violence at a higher rate than the general population,[9][10] with some research showing that black farm workers are the victims of violent criminal attacks at a "far higher rate", by criminal intruders, than white farm workers.[1
A November 2017 analysis by the BBC found that there is insufficient data to estimate a murder rate for South African farmers.[9] Between 1994 and March 2012, there had been 361,015 murders in all of South Africa and between 1990 and March 2012, there had been an estimated 1,544 murders on South African farms of which 208 of the victims were Black.[11] The data for farm attacks is self-reported to a commercial farmer's organisation, Transvaal Agricultural Union. The last government analysis of farm attack victims by race was conducted in 2001. In their report, the police’s Crime Information Analysis Centre stated that of the 1,398 people attacked on farms, 61.6% were white, 33.3% were black, 4.4% were Asian and 0.7% were listed as “other”. Racial statistics around crime are no longer collected by the South African government.[12] In January 2015, AfriForum reported that there had been an increase in farm attacks and murders in the previous five years.[13]
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The South African government believes the chief motive for attacks is robbery.[6][22] This position is shared by Afrikaner civil rights group Afriforum, which does not believe that there is a racial motive associated with most attacks.[1] A Committee of Inquiry into Farm Attacks was appointed in 2001 by the National Commissioner of Police. The purpose of the committee was to "inquire into the ongoing spate of attacks on farms, which include violent criminal acts such as murder, robbery, rape, to determine the motives and factors behind these attacks and to make recommendations on their findings".[8] Monetary theft occurred in most of the attacks,[8] firearms were stolen in 23.0%,[8] and 16.0% of farm attacks involved vehicular thefts.[8] The committee noted that "there is a common misconception that in a large proportion of farm attacks little is stolen"[8] and "various items are stolen fin by far the greater majority of cases, and, in those cases where nothing is taken, there is almost always a logical explanation, such as that the attackers had to leave quickly because help arrived."[8]
There are a lot of false claims circulating as well...
FACT CHECK: Did a Little Girl Have a 'Joker Smile' Carved Into Her Face in South Africa?
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