In the
attacks on South African farms, predominantly white farmers
and black farm workers[1][2][3][4] are subjected to violent crimes, including murder, assault and robbery. Farm attacks have been described as "frequent" in the post-apartheid period, and some analysts believe they may be linked to racial animosity within South African society.
[5][6][7][8] The Government of South Africa, and other analysts, as well as
Afrikanerrights group
AfriForum maintain that farm attacks are part of a broader crime problem in South Africa, and do not have a racial motivation.
[1][9][10][11] Statistics released in 2018 by the South African government showed that while the number of attacks had increased between 2012-18, the number of murders on farms had decreased, year-on-year during the period,
[12] and farming organisation
AgriSA reported that the murder rate on farms had declined to the lowest level in twenty years,
[13] one-third of the level recorded in 1998
A. 74 murders of "farmers" occurred in a country that has a murder rate as high as the United States (among the highest in the world)
B. Many of these murders were of black farm WORKERS
C. Murders of "farmers" have been DECREASING