The Western Cape agriculture minister has called for increased police resources and stronger rural safety measures following two violent attacks on farmers and tourists in the province.
Six suspects were arrested on the N3 after a farmer was attacked and guns, ammunition as well as his Toyota Hilux bakkie were stolen near Warden.
Three foreigners were sentenced for a brutal farm attack in the Northern Cape, receiving 25 to 27 years for kidnapping and robbery.
Shaun Geswindt (24) was sentenced to an effective 44 years’ imprisonment for a violent and calculated farm attack that left a 70-year-old farmer severely injured.
Two months after a similar ordeal, 70-year-old Carolina farmer Rolé Uys was again brutally attacked this past weekend, scalded with boiling water and left for dead.
Three men who carried out a brutal farm attack while posing as prospective cattle buyers, have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
