Farmers under attack ‘whether they are white, black, yellow, green or purple’: Cele
Attacks on farms, which often result in the murder of farm owners, had nothing to do with the victims' race, Deputy Agriculture Minister Bheki Cele said.
Attacks on farms, which often result in the murder of farm owners, had nothing to do with the victims’ race, Deputy Agriculture Minister Bheki Cele said – reported Timeslive
“We are urging everybody, starting with the media and everybody — take the race issue out of farm murders. The people that are being killed are farmers,” Cele told reporters in Pretoria.
“Whether they are white, black, yellow, green or purple, we have seen farmers coming under attack and we treat it as such. On our territory of farming, we do take it seriously. We would like to see everybody de-racialising it.”
Cele said the agriculture department had a limited role in combating farm murders.
“Agriculture cannot say we will arrest those that kill the farmers. We wish we could, but we can’t. We cannot say we will shoot them,” he said.
“There has to be good communication between the farms and the farm workers. There is need for quick movement and response by the police stations around the farms.”
via Timelive
