DA calls for police rural safety unit after elderly couple murdered on farm
The DA has reiterated its call for the re-establishment of a specialised police rural safety unit in the wake of yet another brutal farm attack in which an elderly couple were murdered.Hannes Kidson‚ and his wife‚ Ester Kidson‚ both 69 years old‚ were murdered on Friday on their farm Oortjies‚ between Jachtsfontein and Westonaria south-west of Johannesburg.Ester Kidson‚ who recently had a hip replacement and was in a wheel chair‚ had her throat cut. Her husband was found dead in his work-shed‚ also with his throat cut.DA spokeswoman on agriculture‚ forestry and fisheries Annette Steyn said on Sunday it was clear South Africans living in rural areas‚ farmers and farm workers alike‚ were facing extreme danger."According to information provided in a parliamentary reply‚ the South African Police Service noted 49 farm murders in the past year [2016]. The number‚ according to the TLU — during this same time — is as high as 72 murders‚" Steyn asserted."South Africa is in urgent need of a r...
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