This morning it was reported that President Jacob Zuma has said that farm attacks in the country are not racially motivated. While it may appear that attacks taking place on the farms of white commercial farmers are racially motivated, this was not the case. These crimes should be “viewed within the context of our country’s high crime statistics.”

Zuma also added that many murders also take place in South Africa’s townships, but these are not always reported in the media. He was responding to a question in parliament as to why farm murders were not being made a priority crime. Zuma also added that Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa had said in the past that farm attacks were just as much of a priority as any other crime.

“The recent court case against the murderers of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader Eugene Terreblanche had again shown that crime, rather than politics, was the driving factor behind the attacks.”

[Source: News24]