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By ANA Reporter 
14h ago
Pretoria – The Minister of Agriculture, Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, has expressed his shock at the brutal murder of another young farmer in the Free State.
It was alleged that Tebogo Machakela, 37, was shot in the head by a group of assailants on his farm near Odendaalsrus. Machakela’s brutal murder followed on the heels of the murder of another young farmer, Brendin Horner, 21, on a farm he ran in the Senekal area last month, Didiza said in a statement released Friday.
“The death of Mr. Tebogo Machakela is not only a great loss for his family and friends, but for the agricultural sector as a whole,” said Didiza.
He called on anyone who may have witnessed the senseless murder of this young farmer to help the South African Police Service (SAPS) arrest the culprits.
“In the same vein, I ask the police to leave no stone unturned to ensure that the culprits are put behind bars,” Didiza said.
She sent her most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the Machakela family, friends and colleagues of Tebogo, according to the statement.
According to media reports, the SAPS is also looking for the attackers who killed a 56-year-old farmer and injured his 26-year-old son near Hennenman in the early hours of Friday.
African News Agency (ANA)
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