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South African farm attacks (Afrikaans: plaasaanvalle) are violent crimes, including murder, assault and robbery, that take place on farms in South Africa. [1][2][3][4] The attacks target both white and black farmers. [2][3][5][1] The term has no formal legal definition, but such attacks have been the subject of discussion by media and public ...
Killing of Brendin Horner. Brendin 'Choppie' Horner (c.1999 – 1 October 2020) was a 21-year-old South African farm manager for the Bloukruin Estate at Paul Roux, [1] Free State, who was killed by a suspected stock thief or thieves. His body was recovered at DeRots farm outside Paul Roux, and two suspects were taken into custody.
White Zimbabweans are a Southern African people of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, these people of European ethnic origin are mostly English-speaking descendants of British settlers. A small minority are either Afrikaans -speaking descendants of Afrikaners from South Africa or those descended from Greek ...
The Witkruis Monument or Plaasmoorde Monument is a monument complex along the N1 route between Potgietersrus and Pietersburg, South Africa, conspicuously located on the slope of Ysterberg, on private property of the Harmse family. [2] Since June 16, 2004, symbolic white-painted metal crosses have been planted on the area of about 5 hectares for ...
In the private sector, white people occupied 65.9% of top management level posts while Black people occupied 13.8% in 2022, according to South Africa's Commission for Employment Equity.
The term Afrikaners or Afrikaans people [6] [7] [8] is generally used in modern-day South Africa for the white Afrikaans-speaking population of South Africa (the largest group of White South Africans) encompassing the descendants of both the Boers, and the Cape Dutch who did not embark on the Great Trek.
Land reform in South Africa is the promise of "land restitution" to empower farm workers (who now have the opportunity to become farmers) and reduce inequality. This also refers to aspects such as, property, possibly white-owned businesses. [1] Proponents argue it will allow previously unemployed people to participate in the economy and better ...
South Africa's white population increased to over 3,408,000 by 1965, reached 4,050,000 in 1973, and peaked at 5,044,000 in 1990. [18] Density of White South Africans by district in 1922. The number of white South Africans resident in their home country began gradually declining between 1990 and the mid-2000s as a result of increased emigration ...