# South Africa going the way of Zimbabwe?

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**Created:** [November 8, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-africa-going-the-way-of-zimbabwe/801071 "2017-11-08T19:15:17Z")\
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> [@WilyQuixote](#):
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> As a white South African with Afrikaner heritage, I’m probably better placed to comment.
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> The Country Squire article is complete and utter racist horseshit.

As another white South African, I fully agree. This is far-right racist propaganda.

There have certainly been incidents where isolated farmers have been murdered. It’s a genuine problem, but it’s not a significant threat to the agricultural sector, much less to the country as a whole.

Here’s an excellent and balanced article from only a couple of weeks ago:

[South Africa’s farm murder statistics are more political than accurate](https://mg.co.za/article/2017-10-30-south-africas-farm-murder-statistics-are-more-political-than-accurate)

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> A recent analysis by Africa Check, an organisation that promotes accuracy in media reporting, has called into question the accuracy of commonly cited farm murder statistics for South Africa. By looking at the available data, they concluded that it is near impossible to accurately calculate farm murder rates. This calls into question the popular narrative that South Africa’s white farming minority is under siege.
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> Farm murders in South Africa are a highly politicised issue. Outside of the general concern for homicide in the country, the farm murder rate has been used by many as evidence that South Africa’s white minority is facing victimisation, oppression, and possibly genocide.

I would guess that ex-South Africans who emigrated to the UK are responsible for the article in Country Squire. (A magazine obviously not intended for the peasants!)

There’s a certain vocal group of ex-South Africans who left the country in the 80’s and 90’s due to fears of ‘those people’ taking over. They have been stridently predicting disaster ever since. They seem to need to justify their decision to leave.

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