This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.News24 reports that a farm manager was stabbed to death in a predawn attack on Monday that saw a group of armed men storm and ransack the home he shared with his wife on the Tevrede farm in Porterville.
Western Cape police said they were on the hunt for the five unknown suspects who had forcefully entered the farmhouse just after 01:00 and stabbed the 65-year-old man to death. "They tied up his wife while they ransacked the premises. The motive for this attack is believed to be robbery," police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi said. The suspects fled the scene with four different calibre firearms and ammunition, as well as mobile devices. The deceased's wife managed to escape and alerted the neighbours. Swartbooi reported that provincial Serious and Violent Crimes detectives were pursuing leads in a bid to apprehend the attackers. Agri Western Cape said it was deeply shocked and saddened by the news of yet another murder on a farm. The organisation's CEO Jannie Strydom said it was unacceptable that those who put food on the table and promoted economic growth had to put their lives at risk while doing their jobs. Rural and Farmworkers Development Organisation director Billy Claasen also condemned the attack.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lisalee Solomons at News24
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