Rise of farm attacks Seven incidents of farm attacks in 24 hours within a 15-kilometre radius at the Onderstepoort smallholding farms were reported. Cases of house robbery, attempted house robbery and attempted murder have been opened at the Pretoria North Police Station. In one of the incidents, two people sustained head injuries, and, in another incident, an 18-year-old boy was shot in the neck. These incidents are some of many that indicate that farmers are under attack by criminals, yet the ANC-led government is doing nothing to ensure their safety. A motion was tabled in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL) on violent crimes
in the province, particularly crime against rural communities. In addition to this motion, a petition was also launched on crimes in rural communities. It is high time that the Gauteng MEC for Community Safety, Faith Mazibuko urgently intervenes and implement measures to ensure that our communities are kept safe. The DA calls on MEC Mazibuko to prioritise these farm attacks investigations and assist the police in these farm areas with additional resources so that they are better able to protect farm communities. Afrifrorum says there's been a sharp increase in farm attacks during the first six months of this year.
35 000 backlog of Covid19 tests in Gauteng The current backlog of Covid-19 tests in Gauteng is 35 000 and results can take as long as 5 to 11 days for lesser priority cases. This was revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku in an oral reply to questions ask June 24 at a virtual sitting of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL). According to Masuku 173 450 tests were done from May 1 to June 14 this year, of which the results of 138 450 had been received. The time taken for results varies from 48 hours for high priority hospital cases and as long as 5 to 11 days for community screening. Masuku said that there are four categories of tests in order of priority as follows: Patients and health care workers in hospitals; People with high risk, including those in contact with a known Covid-19 case, and those in care homes, including mental health patients; Frontline staff including teachers, traff ic officers and
policemen; Surveillance testing in asymptomatic people which would only be done when antibody tests become available. Masuku said that he expected the backlog in Gauteng tests to be cleared in a week or two and undertook that all swabs that had been collected would be tested. This huge backlog of tests is 12 000 higher than the 23 000 backlog reported last week. The long delays undermine the test, trace and isolate strategy in hot spot areas that is so critical in Gauteng as infections climb exponentially. It is very disappointing that the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) has failed to expand capacity despite claiming earlier that they could do 36 000 tests a day. Testing will sped up in future, including greater use of private and university laboratories.
The organisation said that “there have been in comparison with the f irst six months of 2017 a 34 percent increase in farm attacks.� This comes after AgriSA's report, which highlighted that farm murders were at their lowest levels in 19 years. It said that there's been 210 farm attacks and 33 farm murders since January this year. Lobby group AfriForum on last Friday rejected AgriSA&39;s report
suggesting farm murders are at their lowest levels in 19 years. AfriForum says its own statistics show there is in fact an increase in farm murders and attacks over the past four years. Organisations like AfriForum claim that many white South Africans are victims of farm murders. But AgriSA insists the murders are not just concentrated to one racial group.
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