South African farm attacks
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In the attacks on South African farms, predominantly white farmers and black farm workers are subjected to violent crimes, including murder, assault and robbery. Farm attacks have been described as "frequent" in the post-apartheid period, and some analysts believe they may be linked to racial animosity within South African society. The Government of South Africa, and other analysts, as well as Afrikaner rights group AfriForum maintain that farm attacks are part of a broader crime problem in South Africa, and do not have a racial motivation. Statistics released in 2018 by the South African government showed that while the number of attacks had increased between 2012-18, the number of murders on farms had decreased, year-on-year during the period, and farming organisation AgriSA reported that the murder rate on farms had declined to the lowest level in twenty years, one-third of the level recorded in 1998.
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