DA congress calls for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into farm murders

PHUTI MOSOMANE

OVERWHELMING number of delegates at the DA congress have voted for the establishment of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into farm murders, urging President Cyril Ramaphosa and Parliament to take action and increase rural safety.

“The Democratic Alliance calls on the President of the Republic of South Africa to appoint a Commission of Inquiry in terms of Section 84 (f) of the RSA to investigate farm murders in South Africa and to make recommendations to Parliament to increase rural safety,” said the DA’s outgoing Federal Chairperson and Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Ivan Meyer, who proposed the motion. 

Meyer said farm murders were on the rise in South Africa but there was little progress in the successful prosecution of the cases.  

“Farm murders and attacks pose a direct threat towards food security. Farm murders and criminal attacks on farm workers must be considered economic crimes and a threat