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Engineering News reports that in order to bolster Agri SA’s efforts to protect farmers and prevent farm attacks, Santam has donated R250,000 to Agri SA’s Securitas Trust Fund.
The fund supports farming communities financially to combat crime, while raising awareness in communities. Speaking at the Agri SA Congress on Thursday, Institute for Security Studies (ISS) senior researcher Dr Johan Burger said the safety of farmers in SA was a constant competition for resources, adding that the farming community was disproportionally targeted for attacks. Of the 18,000 murders committed in 2015/16, 49 were farmers, while 79 were police members. However, 52 of every 100,000 citizens was a farmer, while 97 of every 100 000 citizens was a police officer.
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