Many attacks took place on the farms of white commercial farmers, and had the appearance of being racially motivated, but this was not the case, Zuma told the newspaper in an interview on Tuesday.

He said that many murders took place in South Africa's townships, and these were not always reported in the media.

The government rejected farm attacks and would attend to farmers' concerns that the comprehensive rural safety plan was not getting off the ground.

Asked why farm murders were not being made a priority crime, Zuma said Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa had said in Parliament 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, he said.

Praising the country's commercial farmers, Zuma said: "Wherever I go, established farmers tell me that they're prepared to act as mentors for emerging farmers."

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Jul 5, 2012

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Thanks Jacob, so pouring boiled water into a woman's throat after she had been raped is not racially motivated.

"He said that many murders took place in South Africa's townships, and these were not always reported in the media."

My goodness, I would like to see the media going on if 3 white dudes went into a township or black owned farm and killed pensioners after being raped and brutally beaten until their family members can't even recognize them.

the rant is done, the biggest question is, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT ALL THE MURDERS?


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Jul 5, 2012

The-Rothschilds

If there are wh!tes that do anything to black people, oh trust me Mr Zuma, it hits the media in full force................wh!te people cannot even paint controversial paintings anymore.


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Jul 5, 2012

MommaC

Getting rid of the Komados was an invitation for disaster.

I do agree that the isolated location of farms does make them more of a target for criminals but I've also seen some of those pictures and there was some serious psychological issues with the people who did those crimes.
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Jul 5, 2012

BokFan

And you want your day in court neh .

Any murder is a murder too many Senor Shawara
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Jul 5, 2012

RobinH

Jakes my man: What wise words. Once again you prove yourself completely in touch with reality and show how you do indeed "know what you are doing". WHAT A FARCE!
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Jul 5, 2012

WakeUpSouthAfrica

White man kills black man, its racism!
Black man kills white man, its not racially motivated.
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Jul 5, 2012

shaharazad

JZ is right. How many black employees are murdered by farmers without it being reported? The crimes should be taken in context of the statistics in SA. The location of farms make them sitting ducks for criminals obviously. I am definitely not advocating or siding with any racial group, when are we going to start thinking that crime has no colour and fight it as it comes? Sometimes I question whether a so-called 'Rainbow Nation' ever existed in the first place, because we are permanently at each other's throats
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Jul 5, 2012

sabza007

I have to agree with Zuma on this one.When a white person is hijacked, raped,killed or being sweared at on the on the road...some people are quick to point out racism. When a foreigner is killed, robbed or hijacked, we are quick to point Xenophobia. For one white farmer being killed by black criminals, there are 20 or so black people being killed,raped or hijacked by black thugs. Is that racism issue or crime issue? You decide.
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Jul 5, 2012

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sabza007, can you please supply stats on how many killings is white on black and the other way around?

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Jul 5, 2012

RobinH

sabza: It's just plain maths actually. I refuse to get drawn into racial/racist disputes, as I believe in a country we share and worked hard to help achieve that. BUT if one does want to talk race-groups, then it goes without saying that the "black" population vastly outnumbers the "white" population> It therefore stands to reason that a greater number of criminals (and victims) will be black, while percentages will remain pretty much the same. So quoting figures proves nothing. Only percentages of the population group as a whole will have any significance.
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