Farm Seizures – South Africa

Documentaries

TV Specials

Communist Government Seizes Farms of White Farmers without Compensation

• Dispute after state authorized expropriation of farm – News24
• ‘I have the right to defend my property by force. And I will’: EXCLUSIVE – White farmer who is set to become the first to have his £10m game reserve seized says South Africa’s land grab policy is THEFT – Daily Mail
• Land seizures begin in South Africa after owners refuse govt lowball buyout offer – report — RT
• Man set to be first to have $19m farm seized in South Africa calls it theft – NZ Herald
• Seizure of White Farmers’ Land in S Africa ‘Severe Infringement on Human Rights’ – Sputnik International
• South Africa begins seizing white-owned farms – NZ Herald
• South Africa begins seizing white-owned farms – Washington Times
• South Africa begins seizing white-owned farms: SOUTH Africa has targeted the first two farms for unilateral seizure after the owners refused an offer of one-tenth of the land’s value. – news.com.au
• South Africa farm SEIZURE: ‘Take the land by FORCE!’ White farmers warned they MUST share – Express.co.uk
• South Africa farm SEIZURE HORROR: List of white farmers facing expropriation ‘exposed’. SOUTH Africa’s government has been accused of drawing up a list of almost 200 farms it allegedly wants to seize from white farmers – Express.co.uk
• South Africa farm seizure- Terrified white farmers plot escape as crackdown looms – Express.co.uk
• South Africa farm seizures BEGIN: Chaos as first expropriation of white-owned farms starts – Express.co.uk
• South Africa farm seizures: Victim of Mugabe’s land grab fears repeat of crisis – Express.co.uk
• South Africa to take land without compensation, as Zimbabwe backtracks on seizing white farms  – Zimbabwe Situation
• South Africa votes through motion that could lead to seizure of land from white farmers without compensation – The Independent
• South Africa’s Zulu nation joins white farmers in fight against government land seizures — RT
• South African Farmer Reports on What Is Really Happening in His Country Regarding Land Seizure – The Daily Signal
• South African Government Approves The Seizure Of Two White-Owned Farms – The Daily Wire
• South African land reform panel recommends seizures without pay in certain circumstances – Reuters
• South African White Farmers’ Land to Be Seized in Controversial Land Redistribution Claim – Newsweek
• White South African Farmers Flee After Government Leaders Suggest They’re About To Confiscate Land – The Daily Wire
• White farmers try to offload land in South Africa before it is seized from them ‘as government tries to grab first two hunting reserves without paying’ – Daily Mail

Experts Warn of Economic Collapse

• South Africa farm seizures ‘could become next ZIMBABWE’, warns expert – Express.co.uk
• South Africa farm seizures: White farmers warn of ‘next Zimbabwe’ and ‘economic suicide’ – Express.co.uk
• South Africa Land Seizures Begin, Economic Decline Accelerates – Forbes
• South Africa plan to seize white-owned farms could destroy its economy, analysts warn – Washington Times
• South Africa Staggers into Recession. Are Zimbabwe-Style Land Seizures to Blame? – Foundation for Economic Education

I.M.F. – Knowing very well that farm seizures will cause a Zimbabwe style economic collapse, the I.M.F. is more than happy to loan money on interest and put the nation into crippling debt so that it can later enforce drastic austerity measures and inevitably privatize national resources under the control of a few multinational corporations.

• South Africa farm seizures: IMF gives ‘FULL SUPPORT’ to controversial farm policy – Express.co.uk

Violent Attacks

Silent slaughter – Farm attacks in South Africa – VIDEO – news.com.au

• ‘Bury them alive!’: White South Africans fear for their future as horrific farm attacks escalate. NEARLY every day, horrific acts of rape, torture and murder are carried out on a community under siege. WARNING: Graphic. – news.com.au
• December Farm Attacks In South Africa: White Farmers Bound, Assaulted, Robbed And Murdered – VDARE.com
• Farmers in South Africa claim they are being targeted in ‘horrific’ attacks – The Independent
• Five farm attacks in 48 hours leave rural communities in shock – The South African
• South Africa farm slaughter: Woman and her elderly parents are kidnapped from their property and brutally murdered in latest attack to shock the country – Daily Mail
• South African farmers fearing for their lives – The Telegraph
• South Africa’s white farmers reportedly being murdered & tortured off their land — RT
• Violent crime against white South African farmers threatens to reopen old wounds in nation still racked by racial divisions – SCMP

Rape

• Farm attackers threaten to rape children – Network24
• Female farmer is sexually assaulted and strangled to death while another rural worker is tortured and murdered in latest horrific attacks on South Africa’s farms – Daily Mail
• Female farmers sexually assaulted, tortured and murdered in latest horrific attacks on South Africa’s white farm workers – The Sun
• ‘LIVING NIGHTMARE’ Farmer’s wife shot and raped in front of her children after gunman molested her daughter during ‘revenge attack’ in South Africa – The Sun
• We will rape your kids, 9 attackers tell farmer – News24

Murder

• White Farmer Is Killed Every Five Days in South Africa and Authorities Do Nothing about It, Activists Say – Newsweek
• Bodies of elderly Northern Cape parents found after farm attack – News24
• Farmer killings: Farmers tortured and killed in horrific South Africa raids. Horrific killings of farmers, where victims were sexually assaulted, tortured and strung up on poles, have sparked outrage in South Africa – news.com.au
• Farmers 4.5 times more at risk of being murdered – Times Live
• Farmers in South Africa claim they are being targeted in ‘horrific’ attacks – The Independent

• How a survivor of a South African ‘farm murder’ is fighting back – Fox News

• Man arrested for Limpopo farm murder also charged in connection with gang rape at funeral parlour – News24
• Murder and mayhem: How South African farming became a ‘full-scale war’ – The Telegraph
• One White Farmer Killed in South Africa Every Five Days – Independent Seninel
• Over 1,000 white farmers murdered in SA since 1990 – AA
• Three caught after woman strangled in Delmas farm attack – News24

Brendin Horner

• Brendin Horner: A hard-working young man and a ‘top guy’ – Times Live
• Brendin Horner brutal killing in Africa, racism against white farmers – Herland Report
• Brendin Horner: Racial tensions rise in South Africa over killing of white farmer – The Independent
• Killing of White Farmer Becomes a Flash Point in South Africa – The New York Times
• Why the killing of white farmer Brendin Horner matters in South Africa’s racialised political landscape – The Independent

White Farmer Protests Met with Violent Repression

Farmers Must Defend Themselves Against Constant Threat of Attacks

Ongoing Food Crisis

• Fears of unrest as food prices soar in South Africa – Africanews
• Food crisis: 2.5 million South Africans experience hunger ‘every day’ – Daily Maverick
• Food shortages could soon become a reality in South Africa – The South African
• South Africa’s hunger problem is turning into a major health crisis – The Conversation

Electricity Crisis – Power Cuts Devastate Farmers and Further Exacerbate Food Crisis

• SA’s electricity crisis: Farmers buckle under power cuts – eNCA
• South Africa: Food Crisis Looms as Farmers Buckle Under Power Cuts – South African News Briefs – March 2, 2023 – All Africa
• South Africa Has Plans in Place to Safeguard Food Supply Amid Power Crisis – Bloomberg

Looming Infrastructure Collapse may Spark Civil War

• SA’s entire infrastructure is on the verge of total collapse – Wits University
• South Africa faces ‘civil war’ conditions due to possibility of power grid collapse – NZ Herald
• South Africa’s power grid is collapsing and outages are disrupting the economy – NPR
• State collapse and other risks threatening South Africa over the next two years: WEF – Business Tech

Riots and Looting in 2021 Foreshadow a Terrifying Potential for an Already Dire Situation to Devolve into Total Uncontrollable Chaos

• Aerial images show extent of looting and fires in South Africa unrest – Reuters.com
• City center left gutted after violence and looting in South Africa – CNN
• Eight Days in July: Inside the unrest and looting that shook South Africa – Life
• IN PICTURES – Violent riots and looting grip KZN and Gauteng – Times Live
• Looting, unrest continues for sixth straight day in South Africa – New York Post
• SMASH AND GRAB South Africa riots – Mob of looters ditch cars to load up stolen goods as they ransack containers & torch warehouse – The U.S. Sun
• South Africa riots- Looting and shooting in Durban – BBC
• South Africa riots- The inside story of Durban’s week of anarchy – BBC
• South Africa’s looters pounce after Zuma jailing – DW
• South African looters raid Durban warehouses as riots escalate – Reuters
• Watch the devastation and destruction in the aftermath of violent riots – The South African

Deaths

• Death toll rises as violence and looting spreads in South Africa – Al Jazeera
• Death toll from rioting in South Africa rises to more than 330, government says – France 24
• More than 70 killed in violence after former President Jacob Zuma is jailed – CNN
• South Africa unrest death toll jumps to more than 300 – Al Jazeera
• South Africa Zuma riots- Looting and unrest leaves 72 dead – BBC News

Food Shortages

• Major food shortages expected in South Africa – My Broadband

• Food Shortage Set to Grip South Africa After Rioters Rampage – Bloomberg

• South Africa looting” I’m struggling to find food – BBC

• South Africa riots – Starving rioters say they are ‘on verge of eating each other’ after violence sparks food shortages – The Guardian

• South Africa violence continues to spiral, causing food and fuel shortages – New York Post

• South African riots and food security- why there’s an urgent need to restore stability – The Conversation

Indians Targeted

• Indian vs. Black: Vigilante Killings Upend a South African Town – The New York Times

Billions in Damages

• Business News: 45 000 Businesses Impacted By Looting and SA Unrest, R16 Billion Lost – Briefly.co.za

• Durban looting aftermath- 45 000 businesses affected, R16 billion in lost stock and damaged infrastructure – City Press

• Economic damage of South Africa’s riots could take years to repair – The National News

• Looters remorseful as daily life gets tougher – The Mail & Guardian

• Insurance claims from riots seen at up to R10bn, says government insurer – Times Live

• July riots caused more than R100 million in damage to schools in KZN and Gauteng – GroundUp

• SA economy may take R50 billion hit from violent riots, looting – Biz News

• South Africa Economy Set to Take $3.4 Billion Hit From Riots – Bloomberg

• Tremendous damage caused by looting shown in one table – My Broadband

• Most of South Africa’s looted shops still shut – DW

• Violent protests deal body blow to South Africa’s economy – Al Jazeera

• ‘We lost everything’: Despair grows in South Africa after unrest – News – Al Jazeera

Military Deployed

• Rioters Undeterred by Army Wreak Havoc in South Africa – Bloomberg
• SA businesses looted and destroyed in widespread riots – army deployed to intervene – Business Tech
• South Africa 2021, Police shooting looters – YouTube.url
• South Africa to deploy 25,000 soldiers to deal with looting and riots – ABC News

Vigilante Groups

• As Rioters Overwhelm Police, South African Civilians Step In – Bloomberg

• South Africa unrest- Militias fill lawless vacuum after worst violence since Apartheid – The Telegraph

• Vigilante groups form in South Africa amid looting and violence – The Guardian

Orchestrated in Advance

• South African looting ‘orchestrated,’ police minister says – Fox News
• South African riots over Zuma jailing pre-planned – BBC News

Presentation: Dr. Gregory Stanton of Genocide Watch

Podcasts

Facts and Stats

• South African farm attacks – Wikipedia

Reports

• Farm attacks and farm murders in South Africa: Analysis of Recorded Incidents: 2019 PDF
• The Reality of Farm Tortures in South Africa – PDF

Academic Papers

• Farm Attacks or ‘White Genocide’? Interrogating the unresolved land question in South Africa – ACCORD

• ‘This is where all the white farmers come to die’: Exploring the Roles and Narratives of Former Tobacco Farmers in Contemporary Zimbabwe – Taylor & Francis Online

Websites

• AfricanCrisis
• AfriForum

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