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Thread on South African Farmworkers Who Were Killed by Their Racist Farm Bosses.
January 2018, a 42-year-old farmworker, Aron Mutavatshindi was shot and killed, allegedly by his employer, on a farm in Tarlton, outside Krugersdorp. Some farmworkers claimed he was killed for using the tractor to fetch lunch from his house. 8 shots were fired to unarmed Aron.
These 5 Free State farmers killed black farmworkers, Samuel Tjixa & Simon Jubeba, who went to Loedie van der Westhuizen's farm to claim their salaries but Loedie refused to pay. After they left, he alerted his security & fellow farmers about "intruders" They were killed 8km away.
Mbongiseni Masuku & his uncle were badly beaten by his farm bosses & tortured with electric shocks. The uncle died from the injuries. The farm bosses attacked Mbongeni at his house. A year later the police have yet to arrest the farmers even though there were multiple witnesses
2005 Mark Scott-Crossley ordered his farmworker to tie up another farmworker Nelson Chisale to a tree. They beat him up & fed him to lions. Mark was convicted of murder in 2016 but released 2 years later, which is odd because while in jail he was charged with assaulting an inmate
Mark’s story doesn’t end there. 2016 he attacked a farmworker, smashed his phone before running him over twice with his Jeep. The worker, Silence Mabunda, was hospitalized after the incident. The incident left him paralyzed. Mark was arrested a year later. He's still out on bail.
Martin Visser (who could easily be mistaken for John Steenhuisen’s twin brother) beat up worker Adam Piertese with a spade, dragged him on a quadbike & buried him. 2 weeks before he killed him, the farmer was convicted for assaulting Adam & was released on R800 bail.
Anele Somana from the Eastern Cape was killed by his farm owner boss & his 2 sons. His body was chopped into 2 parts with a chainsaw. When asked about the cause of the killing, the police investigating the case said: “There are allegations that Anele stole a goat a long time ago”
Grant Reckless Miles, a white farmer killed his farmworker, 45-year-old Sithembele Ngene with a knobkerrie on the head. This after Ngene arrived drunk at the farm. He was released on R5000 bail and currently awaiting for his trial.
Farm owner Fritz Joubert killed his tenant and Sangoma friend, Anele Hoyana with a knobkerrie in front of his 2 children and wife. Joubert recorded the incident n his phone which was broadcasted live on Facebook.
