Daar vergeet ek toe om my identiteit te redigeer, en die formele
skryfwyse wat ek kort vantevore moes gebruik, laat dit lyk of ek te
pedanties vir woorde is. Vergeef asseblief.
Ek is agtienjarige PHSG meisie in Pretoria wat sukkel met Afrikaans.
Verlede jaar het ek AHM toe gegaan om my Afrikaans te verbeter maar dit het
nie baie gehelp nie.
Ek hou van Afrikaans en ek wil kommunikeer in Afrikaans met Afrikaanse
mense. Kan iemand my help? As iemand met my E-mails skryf sal dit baie
waardeer word.
Die volgende artikel het verskyn in Saluut, nuusbrief van die SANDF
(South African National Defence Force)
ATTACKS ON FARMERS
...planned with proficiency
Article compiled from a Paper presented by Dr Benjamin White Haefele,
Centre for Military Studies, University of Stellenbosch.
It has been disclosed that, during the first six months of 1998, there
was a 72 percent increase in murders of farmers. This once again
points to the seriousness of this type of crime as having all the
ingredients of threatening the core of our economy. The majority of
attacks occurred (in order of prominence) in KwaZulu-Natal, the Free
State, Mpumalanga, as well as the North West, Eastern and Northern
Provinces. Attacks in rural areas of Gauteng are usually launched
against the owners or occupants of smallholdings. These smallholdings
often border on informal settlements with high unemployment rates,
where residents are exposed to poor socio-economic conditions.
The State cannot take sole responsibility for protecting and securing
the farming or rural communities. It is quite clear that farmers will
also have to rely on their own resources and ingenuity to minimise
attacks on their homesteads and their employees. With this in mind -
and in conjunction with the South African Agricultural Union - the
SANDF and the SAPS have compiled a list of means and methods whereby
the possibilities of attacks could be minimised. A study made of the
various farm attacks revealed certain characteristics. During
1994/1995 the primary crimes committed against farmers were robbery,
followed by assault, murder and rape. This tendency changed
drastically during 1996/1997, with robbery and murder at the top of
the list, followed by assault and rape. Most attacks can be broadly
characterized by the following, which might serve to identify possible
motives for attacks on farms and smallholdings:
* Cases have been reported of attacks aimed solely at committing
murder.
* The attacks are well-planned and carried out with what seems to be
military precision.
* The attacks are deadly.
* Prominent farmers often seem to be the target of attacks.
* The attacks have an emotional impact on the farming community.
* The entire farming community throughout South Africa is affected.
* Black farmers do not escape the attacks and farm workers are also
attacked and killed, especially when they interfere with the
attackers.
* The robbery of firearms, cash and vehicles, in that order, seems to
be the common characteristic of many attacks.
* Older people and vulnerable people seem to be frequently targeted.
* The attackers operate in groups of three to six.
* Some of these attacks are committed by people pretending to be
members of the security forces, and
* The attacks are extremely brutal.
It is interesting to note that in 41,1 percent of incidents, criminals
gained unforced entry to homesteads, while in 35,6 percent, entry was
forced. 19,6 percent of incidents occurred away from the homestead.
The details of the remaining 3,7 percent of incidents were not
reported. The majority of incidents occurred between 16:00 - 19:00.
There also seems to be a definite pattern with regard to the modus
operandi followed by the attackers. They are usually armed with hand
guns, knives or pangas when they enter the farm. They carefully plan
the attacks and usually arrive during the day. In most attacks they
wait for the family inside the house after gaining access. The
attackers usually wait for the right moment, when there is less
activity, before attacking the farmer. Farmers are also attacked when
they go out at night to switch off electrical equipment or tend to
sick animals. This obviously suggests that a careful study has been
made of the habits of the farmer concerned.
Attackers often pretend to buy farm produce, after which they gain
access to the property and summarily attack the family. In some cases,
the attackers drive around in the vicinity of the farm to gain
information regarding movements and routines. Workers are often
questioned about activities on the farm and they innocently divulge
such information to the prospective perpetrator.
Various attempts have been made to formulate the causes responsible
for the attacks on farmers and smallholdings. The most obvious of
these is South Africa's culture of violence. Our country's history of
confrontation, conflict, conquest and forced removals has bestowed on
the country a "culture of violence". The result of this is that
violence has become an acceptable means of resolving conflict and
achieving political goals and personal aims. Poverty and unemployment
countrywide are main contributing factors to the high level of crime.
The uneven distribution of wealth, development and access to resources
are perceived by many as a justification for crime. The easy
availability of weapons in South Africa is, no doubt, one of the main
reasons for attacks on farmers. Likewise, there is the perception that
all farmers possess firearms and obtaining these serves as an
additional incentive for attacks.
Dis skoon vir 'n held om te val
aan die voete van wie hy gedien het,
skoon vir sy skeidende gees
dat moeders die laaste mog wees
wat sy sterwende oog gesien het.
Maak hom 'n graf op die grond
wat sy liefde gewy en geseën het:
dis skoon vir 'n held om te rus
aan die voete van wie hy beween het.
Die behoud van die taal hang nie net van die Afrikaner af nie. As jy
jouself en ander 'n guns wil doen, leer 'n Afrikataal aan. Ek is besig om
Tswana te leer en glo my, as jy met iemand se hart wil praat, praat met
hom/haar in sy/haar moedertaal. Ek gevind dat tot die Mopedi's en Noord-
Sotho's meer toegeeflikker is teenoor mens, al praat jy Tswana.
Sodoende sal ons respek win van ander Suid-Afrikaners en sal hulle weer
Afrikaans begin praat.
'n Bewys hiervan: Radio Seshego in Pietersburg het volgens 'n berig
in Beeld die een dag sommer Afrikaans begin praat. Hulle beplan om
Afrikaans ook deel van die stasiebeleid te maak.
Matthews Phosa het 'n Afrikaanse digbundel, Deur die oog van die naald
gepubliseer.
Tokio Sexwale het met die idee van Punt Op Mediumgolf(Afrikaanse
Praatradio) gese dat dit tyd geword het dat ons 'n bietjie in Gauteng weer
Afrikaans praat.
> Ek dink dat die Neo-Nazibeweging in Duitsland meer is as 'n ontkenning is
> van die geskiedenis - dit word 'n viering van iets wat boos is.
Ek reken dat hierdie verskynsel ook gedurende apartheid voorgekom het. 'n
> idee/stelsel wat vol menslike gebreke was, maar wat minder gebreke gehad
> het as _enige_ van die alternatiewe wat in daardie stadium beskikbaar was,
>> iz...@igs.net (Bouwer) writes: >
>>>
>>> DELWER
>>> E.W.S. Hamond
>>>
>>> My pa was 'n delwer
>>> in die klipgramadoelas
>>> op soek na die blouwitsteen.
>>>
>>> Ek is sy seun,
>>> soekend na my geluk,
>>> en uit die woordwoesteny
>>> uit my kleim gelig,
>>> blink jy, my ongeslypte
>>> klip-gedig.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> (gepos deur gloudina bouwer)
>>>
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