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Claims of a “white genocide” in South Africa—often framed around farm attacks and alleged targeted killings of white farmers—are repeatedly disputed by South African officials, independent analysts an...
South Africa continues to register a very high murder rate by international standards — recent estimates cited in coverage put the country’s intentional homicide rate around 45 per 100,000 for the 202...
Cape Town’s deadliest neighbourhoods cluster on the Cape Flats — precincts such as Delft, Mfuleni, Philippi East and Nyanga repeatedly appear among the highest‑homicide areas in national statistics — ...
The South African government and police say they record relatively few farm murders and have launched verification and rural policing measures; SAPS reported one farm-owner murder in Q3 (Oct–Dec 2024)...
Experts and government figures say farm murders in South Africa are a small subset of a very large national homicide problem — roughly 50–70 people killed on farms each year against some 19,000+ murde...
Media coverage of South African farm attacks is contested: independent fact‑checks and experts say figures are often exaggerated and used to push a “white genocide” narrative, while activist groups an...