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Repost from South Africa, future of the West πΏπ¦
Police in the North West province have started a large-scale manhunt after a young farm manager was found murdered.
The body of Ian Boshoff (32), the farm manager of Snyman's Lodge in Buffelshoek, North West, was found around 19:00 on Saturday night with numerous gunshot wounds in a pool of blood in his office, according to Kol. Adèle Myburgh, police spokesperson.
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https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/nuus/misdaad/jong-vrystater-op-wildplaas-in-noordwes-vermoor-20241028
| 2 | Hello everyone. I have given this a lot of thought and have decided that all Farm Crime Updates pages will become inactive with immediate effect. I will still keep them up and existing and will check up from time to time to check messages and sort out any bots and scams(there is a bot in chat that does deal with scams already). I no longer have the time to keep these platforms going. Thank you for all the support over the last few years, there are other platforms on Telegram and Instagram which share similar stuff to what I did which you can use. I will pin a previous message that mentions those pages. | 873 |
| 3 |  Some updates:
πΈ Comments re-enabled
πΈ Starred reactions enabled
πΈ Request for submission: If you contribute to farm safety or conservation, send us submissions of your efforts, and we'll share them on the channel(s). Ensure your identity is protected.
πΈ We're still looking for artists, video editors, etc. willing to take the time out of their lives assist with some free editing.
πΈ The Bittereinders are always trying to coordinate with organisations locally and abroad, message us, or comment if you'd like to organise joint actions.
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| 4 |  +9π¦ Bittereinders Veldkommando Project
Stop poaching, protect the wildlife of the Fatherland, join the Bittereinders.
π Donations to our staff
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| 5 | We have donated to this great project. If you can spare a bit at the end of the month please also consider donating something. | 555 |
| 6 |  I'm not sure how it comes up for those of you who view the channel in chat, if it is the same as I see it you will see next to the name it says 'channel'. If it doesn't have channel next to the name it is a scam. | 862 |
| 7 |  This is not the actual Farm Crime Updates Page, Farm Crime Updates is a channel NOT a actual account/profile on Telegram. | 687 |
| 8 | Maroela Media have quite a lot of articles under the agricultural section which are worth a read if you have the time. It will take me too long to post them here, for those of you using Google Chrome you should be able to translate the Afrikaans to English with a built-in translation feature in the browser. https://maroelamedia.co.za/kategorie/landbou/ | 507 |
| 9 |  Piet Kleynhans (left, back) and Etienne Meyer (right, front) confer with their legal representative in the magistrate's court in Ventersburg on Friday. (Photo: Isabel Venter/Maroela Media) | 453 |
| 10 | New complaint against Free State farmer who allegedly shoots illegal hunting dogs
September 20, 2024
Isabel Venter - Maroela Media
The state released new information on Friday in the prosecution of a Free State farmer and his farm foreman, who fired shots at a group of suspected illegal hunters' dogs about three years ago.
In the magistrate's court at Ventersburg, where Piet Kleynhans (66) and farm manager Etienne Meyer (47) had to appear again, the state also argued on Friday that the two also assaulted minors during the incident.
All charges against them were initially dropped in 2022. However, it was reinstated because they allegedly took the law into their own hands and opened fire on a group of hunters and their dogs, the state claims.
According to the indictment, Kleynhans and Meyer are now facing six charges of attempted murder, six charges of assault with intent to seriously injure, five charges of intentional damage to property and five charges of animal cruelty.
The complaint relates to an incident on 16 October 2021 during which four minor boys, between 14 and 16 years old, as well as two adult men were allegedly shot. The state further argues that Kleynhans and Meyer assaulted the hunters and damaged their dogs, which are the hunters' property, by shooting at them. According to the state, this also made them guilty of animal cruelty.
The men are now accused of knocking over one of the hunters, who was 14 years old at the time of the incident, with a bakkie, throwing him on the ground and kicking him. Should they be found guilty of this, they face the prescribed minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Another complainant, a 17-year-old boy at the time of the incident, was apparently assaulted with a firearm.
NN Mazwi, state prosecutor, informed the court that the state will lead evidence to prove that the hunters hunted rabbits with permission on a neighboring farm bordering Kleynhans' farm.
The hunters cannot be identified because four of them were minor children at the time of the incident. In terms of legislation, children, whether they are a victim of a crime or accused in a criminal case, may not be identified.
The adult complainants also cannot be identified because they are related to some of the boys. The same applies to the owners of the dogs that were used for hunting on the day of the incident.
Maroela Media earlier reported how Kleynhans was arrested together with Meyer in 2021 after they allegedly shot the group of illegal hunters' dogs on his farm. The group apparently hunted with five dogs.
"The accused acted with a common aim to assault, among other things, minor victims, who hunted with permission on a farm that was not the farm of the accused," Mazwi told the court.
Kleynhans and Meyer pleaded not guilty to all the charges, without submitting a plea explanation.
This is the umpteenth time the two appear in court after the case was initially dropped in 2022. At the time, Kleynhans made counter- charges of illegal entry and intentional damage to property against the six hunters, but this was also withdrawn.
In September last year, Kleynhans and Meyer were the only ones who were notified of a new trial.
Despite representations to the Free State as well as the national director of public prosecutions, the state has maintained that there is a prima facie case against Kleynhans and Meyer.
Jacques Potgieter, the pair's legal representative, said outside the court that the national director "holistically considered" the counter-complaint of the hunters in April this year, after which it was decided not to reconsider any complaint against them.
Mojalefa Senokoatsane, spokesperson for the NPA in the Free State, told Maroela Media earlier: "The state has decided to prosecute based on the complainants [the hunters'] version."
According to him, after the case was initially dropped, the complainants also made representations. This contributed to the state's decision to prosecute Kleynhans and Meyer.
Court proceedings have been postponed until later this year.
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| 11 | 25 years in prison for security guards after shooting on farm
23 September 2024
Elisma van der Watt - Maroela Media
The High Court in Kimberley sentenced two security guards, Kabelo Edward de Bruin (27) and Goitsemang Piet Muller (37), to 25 years in prison for the murder of Pieta Modingwana.
Lt. Col. Sergio Kock, police spokesperson, says the sentence follows an incident in 2019 on a farm near Magogong, Hartswater, where two men were spotted on the farm and it was assumed that they were stealing watermelons.
The security guards arrested the 29- year-old Modingwana and another man.
According to the police, Modingwana was shot twice in the abdomen on 2 January 2019 while he was trying to flee to his home on Magogong.
"The other suspect was tied up and left in a storage room," says Kock.
The community reported Modingwana's incident to the police and he was taken to a hospital where he died of his injuries two days later.
Kock says the Hartswater police followed up on further information and found the second man in the storage room on the farm.
Dawie Oosthuizen (62), the farm owner, was originally arrested together with De Bruin and Muller. He was released on bail and died of natural causes in December 2022 before the trial concluded.
De Bruin and Muller were sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison for murder, 10 years in prison for kidnapping and three years in prison for assault with intent to seriously injure. They were also sentenced to six years in prison for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
The court ordered that the sentences be served concurrently.
Lt. Gen. Koliswa Otola, Northern Cape police chief, called the investigating officer, ao. Tiisetso Chabeli, and the Hartswater detective team praised for their hard work and dedication.
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| 13 | Two suspects wanted for murder of a farmer at a farm in Groblersdal
September 19, 2024
The Police at Groblersdal in Sekhukhune District are appealing to two foreign nationals Tobias Moyo (51) and Fanie Sergio Makwakwa (31) to avail themselves to the nearest police station as they believe that their presence may be of assistance in solving a number of serious cases that happened on a farm. The following cases, murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, housebreaking, unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition took place at a farm near Groblersdal on 06 August 2017.
According to reports, a group of men attacked the farm owner and his family and assaulted the farmer to death. Family members were taken to the hospital for medical treatment and were later discharged.
Among the group, four suspects were arrested, two on 06 August 2017, and another two on 08 August 2017. When they initially appeared in court on 08 August 2017, they were not given bail. However, they were eventually granted bail.
In the course of time one of the suspects passed on when they were expected to appear before the court and the second one was subsequently released by the court.
The case docket was eventually referred to Polokwane High Court and the remaining two suspects were given a date of 23 August 2017 for their second court appearance but they failed to appear and absconded.
Warrants of arrest were issued against the two suspects who were supposed to appear before court but they were nowhere to be found.
Anyone who can identify the people on the pictures or with information on the whereabouts of the suspects should contact Groblersdal Detective Commander Lieutenant Colonel Edrick Mukwevho on 082 303 9927 or Detective Constable Isaac Lebyane on the number 065 907 5141, crime stop number 08600 10111, the nearest police station, or share information on MySAPS App.
@farmcrimeupdates | 653 |
| 14 | Collaboration key to addressing illegal snaring of wildlife
September 17, 2024
Collaboration and partnerships are key in addressing the negative impacts from the illegal snaring of wildlife.
This was among the takeaways from the inaugural two-day national Snare Mitigation Symposium in Pretoria, which was attended by leading experts in wildlife crime, government officials and representatives of numerous stakeholders across the sector to examine the multi-faceted aspects of the snaring crisis.
The meeting of 140 delegates delved into the impacts, drivers and solutions to this increasing threat to wildlife and the economy.
This is according to a joint statement issued on Monday by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the Cape Leopard Trust (CLT), the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and South African National Parks (SANParks).
The statements said snaring is motivated by complex socio-economic and cultural drivers.
The symposium explored snaring from a myriad of angles and viewpoints.
βInformation gained through the symposium highlighted that animals are snared largely for personal or commercial use and is occurring at unsustainable rates across all provinces and in diverse landscapes.
βSadly, many species including leopard, lion, hyena and other predators are killed as by-catch in snares originally set for bushmeat,β said the statement.
A key takeaway from the symposium is that there is a need for less βfortressβ mentality and more community and sustainable use interaction among stakeholders towards achieving positive outcomes for this threat to wildlife.
βCommunities living with wildlife, and those linked to snaring, need to form an integral part of the solutions being proposed, and to be undertaken, to address snaring.
βNo solution will be credible without the involvement of the relevant community voices in co-development of solutions. Solutions need to be diverse, purposely inclusive and tailored to, and by, the people living in the affected areas. Technological advances were showcased at the symposium to improve snare detection and data collection,β the statement said on Monday.
Among the key decisions adopted as outcomes of the symposium included further research on the drivers and alternative livelihood solutions, more cohesive legislation to address snaring and other wildlife crimes, more centralised reporting and monitoring to ascertain the extent of the problem and creating a greater understanding of the impact of snaring not only on biodiversity, but also on the economy and well-being of communities.
βLooking to the future, greater teamwork and communication between State, private sector and civil society will be cultivated to find sustainable long-term solutions for both people and wildlife,β the statement said. β SAnews.gov.za
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| 15 |  CEO of Visegrad 24 Stefan Tompson, all the way from Poland, and Willem Petzer attended the Whitecross monument memorial Ceremony to honour our fallen farmers, and of course to support the hard work of our brother in Christ, Francois van der Merwe
π Link to post
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| 16 | Cross-border operation yielded success as man-made bridges were destroyed and rafts confiscated
September 12, 2024
A multi-disciplinary operation called βSiyaqoqaβ brought relevant stakeholders and communities together in a cross-border operation last week on the Lesotho and Free State border.
During the five-day operation, 72 suspects were arrested on charges such as possession of suspected stolen goods, driving while under the influence, possession of a dangerous weapon, illegal possession of a firearm and contravention of the Immigration Act.
The operation put more emphasis on illegal border crossings and members confiscated man-made bridges and rafts while going through the Caledon River and its banks at various places. People who crossed the border illegally were also arrested. Hundreds of sandbags were destroyed and wooden logs were dismantled.
Vehicle investigators went to Mafeteng in Lesotho where they found a Ford Ranger that was stolen in March 2021 in Berea (GP), a Fortuner that was stolen in Krugersdorp in May 2024, a BMW that was stolen in Midrand in January 2017 and a Toyota Quantum of which the VIN and engine numbers were tampered with and stolen in Soshanguve in May 2021.
In Botshabelo stray cattle were found and checked. Further investigation revealed that the livestock were stolen in Dewetsdorp in August 2024. Police confiscated five cattle. In Dewetsdorp members followed up on information which resulted in the arrest of a male and the subsequent recovery of nine stolen sheep.
Police actions such as roadblocks, vehicle checkpoints, stops-and-searches as well as compliance visits at second-hand goods dealers, were conducted. Some non-complying shop owners were issued with fines and others were arrested after illegal items were discovered.
The operation, which is crime intelligence-led, is concluded however, these operations will continue on a regular basis in order to combat cross-border crimes. The operation was conducted at towns on the border of Lesotho and all relevant stakeholders were summoned to take partβ¦
Read more on Arrive Alive
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| 17 |  π€¬ Young Boer farm manager accused of shooting looters on farm reveals police torture
πΈοΈ Zachariah Olivier, 60, Adriaan de Wet, 19, and William Musora, 45, returned to the Mankweng court on Tuesday following their first appearance on 30 August.
πΈοΈDuring Tuesdayβs proceedings, accused number two, De Wet, told the court through his lawyer that he would be opening a case against the South African Police Service, claiming that he was assaulted and tortured while in police custody.
πΈοΈDe Wetβs lawyer also told the court that his client had spotted the police officer who allegedly assaulted in the courtroom.
@SANU | 716 |
| 18 | Notorious livestock thief caught with R150 000 worth of stolen livestock | Maroela Media
https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/berugte-veedief-met-r150-000-se-gesteelde-vee-betrap/ | 796 |
| 19 | Case postponed after murder of 'cattle thieves' | Maroela Media
https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/saak-uitgestel-na-moord-op-veediewe/ | 685 |
| 20 | Farm owner, workers' bail application to higher court | Maroela Media
https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/plaaseienaar-werkers-se-borgtogaansoek-na-hoer-hof/ | 455 |
