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Glen Rafferty, 60, and his wife, Vida, 60, were ambushed as they returned from a social outing late last month.
Posters are seen on a farm in Normandien, Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, where a couple of farmers were killed. Police Minister Bheki Cele will give an update on the murder investigations and details on the rural security strategy on September 21, 2020. Image: Nkosikhona Duma / EWN
NORMANDIEN – Farmers in Normandien, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, where a prominent farmer couple was recently killed, are calling on the government to end the debate over the land.
Glen Rafferty, 60, and his wife, Vida, 60, were ambushed as they returned from a social outing late last month.
A 29-year-old suspect has been arrested and is expected to appear in Newcastle Magistrates Court on Monday.
However, local farmers said that a long-term solution was needed to the land and crime problems in the area.
There is consensus among government authorities, farmers, workers and farm dwellers that racial tensions are rife in Normandy.
Darrel Brown, a local commercial farmer, said the government needed to act quickly to ensure long-term harmony in the area.
#Assassinations Lucky Shabalala, a resident of a local farm, has expressed concern about Cele’s visit after the murders of farmers. He says the minister has not previously come to the area after the murders of the farm dwellers. @NkoRaphael pic.twitter.com/ikc31rJ7p2
– EWN reporter (@ewnreporter) September 21, 2020
“The problem is that petty crime is not adequately dealt with in the area, so farmers end up having to deal with a number of petty crime problems, creating unnecessary racial tensions. We have been in this democracy for 26 years and we are no closer to finishing and solving the entire problem of the land ”.
Police Minister Bheki Cele is organizing an imbizo in the community.
It is expected to describe how the government plans to help the community through its rural security plan.
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