{"id":170087,"date":"2024-02-02T06:09:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T04:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/survivors-of-farm-attacks-tell-their-horrific-stories-in-new-documentary-series\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T06:09:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T04:09:22","slug":"survivors-of-farm-attacks-tell-their-horrific-stories-in-new-documentary-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/survivors-of-farm-attacks-tell-their-horrific-stories-in-new-documentary-series\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe have done what we wanted to do,\u201d fianc\u00e9e heard after farm murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Survivors of farm attacks tell their horrific stories in new documentary series<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have done what we wanted to do.\u201d This is what Mariaan Brits had to hear shortly after her fianc\u00e9, Robert Stander, was shot and killed in a 2021 farm attack in Muldersdrift. In yet another attack, this time in 2020 on a farm east of Pretoria, Joey and Leon Kruger had to watch as an attacker held a gun to their crying seven-year-old son\u2019s head and threatened to shoot him. These and other emotionally loaded stories \u2013 as told by the survivors of farm attacks \u2013 form part of a new five-part documentary series that has just been released by AfriForum. The first two episodes are already available on YouTube and the complete series will be available on AfriForum TV on 16 February.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this series, titled\u00a0Resilient voices: Survivors of farm attacks tell their stories<\/a><\/em>, the experiences of victims of violent farm attacks in South Africa are revealed in shocking detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFarm attacks and murders are a harsh reality in South Africa. It\u2019s shameful that we have a government who denies or downplays these crimes, while we have political parties like the EFF who openly chant \u2018Kill the Boer, kill the farmer\u2019 at political rallies,\u201d says Jacques Broodryk, director of the series and Chief Spokesperson at AfriForum\u2019s division for Community Safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Broodryk, it is essential to tell these stories and for the international community to take note of victims\u2019 experiences in these unimaginable violent attacks. \u201cThese are real people who suffered real horrors,\u201d concludes Broodryk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AfriForum has established 172 civilian safety structures countrywide and will continue to empower rural and urban communities to take their safety into their own hands, in collaboration with the authorities and within the confines of the law. The organisation also offers trauma counselling to victims of farm attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safeguard a farm<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Farm murders and farm attacks have become a bigger crisis than ever before. There has been an increase in farm attacks lately, and the government\u2019s inability to address this problem is clearly visible.

For this reason AfriForum has decided to take the bull by the horns by launching a campaign that focuses on safeguarding farms.

The \u201cSafeguard a farm\u201d campaign will specifically address the following:
\u2022 assessing the safety of farmsteads;
\u2022 basic first-aid training;
\u2022 musketry training; and
\u2022 supplying an analogue radio system, including radio training.

The aim of this campaign is not only to safeguard farms and those living on farms, but also to empower the broader community in specific areas to be able to live freely, safely and prosperously.

You can help AfriForum make our farms safer by donating to this purpose.<\/strong><\/em> Friends of AfriForum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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