News24 reports that it was said in a debate on farm murders on Tuesday in the National Assembly that it was more dangerous in SA to be a farmer than a police officer.  

FF Plus MP Pieter Groenewald said there had been a decrease in farm murders because farmers had been forced to protect themselves.  He pointed out that farm attacks did not only target whites, but that black farmers were also victims.  Agang MP Andries Plouamma raised the ire of MPs when he called on "white farmers to stop vomiting on the forgiveness of black people".  The EFF detailed the attacks on black farm workers in recent years, issues the FF Plus had overlooked, MP Hlengiwe Mkhalipi said.  DA MP Annette Steyn said farm murders were becoming so common that people did not bat an eyelid anymore when someone was murdered.  During 2015/16, a total of 18 673 murders were recorded - an average of 51.2 murders per day, she indicated.  Police Minister Nathi Nhleko said all lives mattered and farm murders were a concern just like all killings.

• Read this report by Thulani Gqirana in full at News24
• See too, No campaign to kill farmers, says police minister, at IOL News

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