
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 STATES 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 Africas provincial boundaries
Map 2: Eastern Mpumalanga
Map 3: KwaZulu-Natal Midlands area
Map 4: Gauteng