Attacks on Farms and Smallholdings
    An evaluation of the rural protection plan

    by Martin Schönteich and Jonny Steinberg



    Acknowledgements and Foreword
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    Executive summary
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    Opsomming
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    Introduction 
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    SECTION A: THE PROBLEM AND THE STATE’S RESPONSE
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    Chapter 1: Attacks on farms and smallholdings
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    Chapter 2: The rural protection plan
    National Operational Co-ordinating Mechanism structure
    The commando structure
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    Chapter 3: The rural safety summit
    Rural safety summit declaration
    Rural safety task team
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    Chapter 4: Review of government reports
    Attacks on farms and smallholdings, January-June 1999, CIAC report
    Attacks on farms and smallholdings: November 1998 — 15 March 1999, Joint Operations report
    Attacks on farms and smallholdings, number 1 of 1999, CIAC report
    Attacks on farms and smallholdings, number 2 of 1998, CIAC report CIAC
    Quarterly crime report, number 3 of 1998
    Attacks on farms and smallholdings, Britz report
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    SECTION B: EVALUATION OF THE RURAL PROTECTION PLAN
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    Chapter 5: The Piet Retief area — Mpumalanga
    The Piet Retief police district
    Farm and smallholding attacks
    Case studies
    Recurring trends in farm attacks
    Labour relations and labour-related violence
    The rural protection plan in the Piet Retief district
    Weaknesses in the rural protection plan
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    Chapter 6: The Greytown area — KwaZulu-Natal
    The Greytown district
    Land encroachment
    Case studies
    The rural protection plan in the Greytown district
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    Chapter 7: The Ixopo area — KwaZulu-Natal
    The Ixopo district
    Land encroachment
    Case study
    The rural protection plan and the Ixopo Farm Watch
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    Chapter 8: The Wierdabrug area — Gauteng
    The Wierdabrug police district
    Smallholding attacks in the Wierdabrug area
    Case studies
    The rural protection plan in the Wierdabrug area
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    Chapter 9: Conclusion
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    Chapter 10: Recommendations
    Publicity campaigns
    Resources
    Improved intelligence and detective work
    Farm and smallholding employees
    Devolution of responsibility
    Local solutions to local problems
    Definition of smallholding attacks
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    Appendix I: Interview questions
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    Appendix II: Attacks and murders per month and province,
    January 1997 — December 1999

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    LIST OF FIGURES


    Figure 1: Number of attacks on farms and smallholdings, and the number
    of murders committed during attacks, 1997-1999

    Figure 2: Number of attacks committed monthly on farms and smallholdings, 1997-1999

    Figure 3: Number of attacks annually on farms and smallholdings per province, 1997-1999

    Figure 4: Percentage change in the number of attacks on farms and smallholdings, 1997-1999

    Figure 5: Number of murders committed monthly during attacks on farms and smallholdings, 1997-1999

    Figure 6: Number of murders committed annually during attacks on farms and smallholdings per province, 1997-1999

    Figure 7: Proportion of farm and smallholding attacks resulting in a murder, per province, 1997-1999

    LIST OF MAPS


    Map 1: South Africa’s provincial boundaries

    Map 2: Eastern Mpumalanga

    Map 3: KwaZulu-Natal Midlands area

    Map 4: Gauteng