This year \u2013 according to TLU SA\u2019s Register of Incidents on farm attacks and murders* – already saw 153 attacks on farms leading to the death of 25 people. But the minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Ms Thoko Didiza, had very little to say about any of these incidents.<\/p>\n
This week, however, she condemned the murder of a black family on a Free State farm outside Harrismith. Last week, the head of police in Mpumalanga, Lt Gen Semakaleng Manamela, said they wouldn\u2019t rest before they have the suspects in the murder of a black security guard on a farm near Brondal outside Mbombela behind bars.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is tough not to conclude that the minister and her colleagues find the murders of some people more important than others,\u201d says Mr Henry Geldenhuys, the president of TLU SA. \u201cHas racial prejudice now even found a place in denouncing crime?<\/p>\n
\u201cEach farm attack or murder is upsetting, unnecessary and unacceptable. Minister must publicly condemn every attack and leave no stone unturned in catching the attackers. Furthermore, the minister and her colleagues must treat all South Africans equally. As the Constitution states.\u201d<\/p>\n
The real issue is that the government is not doing enough to protect the safety of South Africans of all races. TLU SA wants to emphasise this.<\/p>\n
According to the police\u2019s admission, 11\u00a0703 members left the South African Police Service during the past four years. The government cut the police budget during the medium-term expenditure framework and has misspent the rest through malice and greed. It means every one police member is responsible for 200 people.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is clear that the safety of South Africans is not a priority for the government,\u201d says Mr Geldenhuys. \u201cThe recent cabinet shuffle offered the ideal opportunity to get rid of underachievers and inadequate members of the national executive, but it seems that it was more of an exercise in political positioning.\u201d<\/p>\n
TLU SA is still calling on Pres Ramaphosa to clean out the police department from the top to appoint competent people. The public can support TLU SA\u2019s campaign: Tsamaea Cele at the following link: https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/tsamaea-cele-eng\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n *TLU SA keeps the Incidents Register up to date since 1990.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year \u2013 according to TLU SA\u2019s Register of Incidents on farm attacks and murders* – already saw 153 attacks on farms leading to the death of 25 people. But the minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Ms Thoko Didiza, had very little to say about any of these incidents. This week, however, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-english"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t