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Available reporting shows no single, universally accepted total for “farm murders in South Africa in 2024.” Government police statistics cited in media say authorities recorded very few farm murders i...
South Africa’s official data and independent analyses show , not evidence of an orchestrated “white genocide.” National crime statistics and recent verifications by the South African Police Service in...
Official, reliable time‑series data disaggregating farm murders by race do not exist for most of the period 2016–2025, so definitive statements about changing “murder rates on South African farms by r...
South African police figures and expert analysis show roughly 50–63 people killed on farms each year in recent years, representing well under 1% of national murders; police do not routinely publish a ...
The official South African data show that ; recent government and police statements report very low numbers and a mix of victim races, undermining claims of a coordinated “white genocide” . Independen...
South Africa’s national murder totals fell in 2024–2025 compared with the previous year—reports put annual recorded murders down more than 10% to roughly 24,692 in 2024/25 and quarter-by-quarter drops...
The central claim examined is whether South African farm attacks are occurring at a rate that disproportionately targets white farmers or constitutes a “genocide” against whites. Available, recent ana...