This picture illustrates the graves of white farmers killed and attacked.

Farm Murders In South Africa, A Complete Guide To Evil And Self-Destruction

Roderick Balenda
8 min readDec 18, 2018

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The attacks on South African farmers, by less educated black South African men, with no life’s prospects has been going on for years now. The African National Congress has not taken consistent steps to punish those who are guilty of the crimes; they haven’t taken measures to protect the farmers, farmers from their own country. Now, South Africa has a high crime rate; murder rates in that country have given it a bad reputation, a reputation for being a very dangerous country, both for South Africans and foreigners. South Africa has earned a reputation for being one of the world’s most dangerous countries for visitors; the ANC has not done anything to reduce the crime rates — instead, they keep blaming everything on Apartheid for much of the things they’ve failed at. Most of the victims of these high crime rates are Blacks, Indians, Coloreds(Mixed raced/biracial individuals, who are half black — half white. But do not identify themselves as Blacks). However, 90% of the farmers who are murdered are Whites, although successful black, Indian and Colored farmers are also murdered. The questions one might ask oneself is, why do these murders keep happening; why does the South African government turn a blind eye to this brutality?

South Africa was under Apartheid before 1994; this country was racially segregated and Whites had more privileges than communities of color, Whites had more opportunities than Indians or other Asians, Coloreds, and especially, Blacks. During that time, Blacks, Asians, and Coloreds did enjoy the same rights as Whites. Blacks were the ones with the least rights and many racial slurs have been used to describe, such as the K-word(Kaffir), and the N-word. Blacks who fought for their rights were often labeled as terrorists by the Apartheid regime and much of the individuals who took a stand, including Nelson Mandela were imprisoned. Some black South Africans who have and still work for farmers who are white South Africans have experienced racial abuse and humiliating treatments from some white farmers — both under Apartheid and after the end of Apartheid. Not all white South African farmers treat their South African black employers badly; not all white South African farmers are racists who endorse the AWB( Die Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, in Afrikaans/ or, the Afrikaner Resistance Movement, in English)

Not all black South Africans advocate for the murders of white farmers and not the vast majority of Coloreds and Asians don’t support this barbarity at all. Despite the end of Apartheid and the beginnings of reconciliation, some black South Africans are still resentful towards Whites and blame them for all the wrong things, especially Apartheid. Other black South Africans are resentful towards their white compatriots for the racial slurs that have been thrown at them, especially the K-word, the word, Kaffir. There are still black South Africans who are blaming their white countrymen/countrywomen for living in poverty; most of the people who are poor in South Africa are black. There are also white South Africans who keep using the K-word and the N-word on their black countrymen, while also advocating for racial segregation or separatist white republics, in the name of the First Amendment; they know that those words are powerful, but make excuses for their psychological terror.

Those groups of individuals give other white South Africans a bad name, not just in the RSA, but around the world; some people from different countries might think that all white South Africans are segregationists, racists, racially insensitive, separatists and so on. Now, the ANC has ruled South Africa since 1994, how come have they failed to improve the standard of living for all South Africans for the last 24 years? How come have they failed to invest in education, innovation, reducing unemployment and protecting their farmers for the last 24 years? What have they been doing during those times? Don’t tell me anything about Affirmative Action; don’t tell me about the Black Economic Empowerment; don’t tell me that poor Whites, Coloreds, and Indians have it better now, especially Blacks who are poor. The ANC, the EFF(Economic Freedom Fighters), the BLF(Black First, Land First) haven’t done anything to help impoverished black people in South Africa. They are busy enriching themselves by stealing money from hard-working taxpayers, an epidemic we have been witnessing in other Sub-Saharan African countries and black majority countries, outside Africa. The one thing that the African National Congress and other corrupt political parties are good at is seizing land from every hard working farmer without compensation.

How does this help poor Blacks or Blacks who claim that their land was stolen or taken by force by Whites during colonial times? Is this resolution going to make those who claim that their land has been stolen better farmers? Under Apartheid, South Africa was one of the richest countries in the world, do you tell me that the ANC cannot put twice as much work to make it better? Unfortunately, the direction where South Africa is going is not good; if we’re not careful, it might become the next Zimbabwe or even the next Democratic Republic of Congo, even the next Guinea-Bissau, or even Tchad. The money that the ANC spends on changing city names, street names, airport names etc. could be used for better purposes, such as infrastructure and public housing. Black South Africans made the choice to put the ANC in power for 24 years, despite the fact that they are individuals living in conditions that are far more worse than their other countrymen.

I heard more about farm killings in South Africa from Renaldo Grouws, a South African YouTuber, whose YouTube channel can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBVQiMyzA-ZklUJVRavnvew. I heard about farm attacks in South Africa from Renaldo in 2009. During that year, when I took a stand against the murder of South African farmers on a video, I receive lots of racial, psychological, homophobic abuse, and even other forms of mental humiliations from Whites who wanted me to stay out of it. A few supported me, but I had to give up taking this stand and go on focusing on something else. When I wrote about it in my book of poetry, THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER & THE FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL, no one, reading that book showed any interest in this topic, especially when it comes from a black man. Much of the racist comments that I receive from Whites who called me all vicious names under the sun came from individuals who are from South Africa, Australia, Britain; United States; Holland; France; Belgium; Denmark; Germany; Brazil; Italy; Spain; Norway; Finland; Iceland;Austria,and most of Eastern Europe. I was really heartbroken and I had to give it up, especially when other Blacks from various countries were calling me Uncle Tom and other vicious names also.

Years later, I made a decision to write about this topic in my book; some of you might wonder, why a black man like me takes a stand against the murder of farmers in South Africa, most who happen to be white South Africans. To be honest with you, just as Apartheid against Blacks in South Africa was wrong; just as the way Blacks and other none-Whites were abused, humiliated and killed by the Apartheid government, it is wrong to kill these white farmers. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it; we know what happens when we turn the blind eye to evil, we know what happens when evil is ignored. This is not about me and it never was, it is about addressing some of the failures that I am witnessing in countries that are governed by my black brethren. Our ancestors were beaten, humiliated, racially abused, enslaved and killed so that we, Blacks of today can be treated like human beings — we don’t even treat each other like human beings after all. We are dishonoring their legacies by settling for less than what we deserve when we make the choice to ruin our countries and blame Whites and people from other racial backgrounds for it; how is it helping us achieve what we desire for our societies? Life is all about choices, and when you choose the behavior, you choose what comes with it. Just as it is wrong to label the BLM(The Black Lives Matter movement) as a terrorist group, it is wrong to ignore the murder of these farmers — we saw what happened in Zimbabwe.

These farmers have South Africa’s best interests; if the South African government cannot see it, then they don’t know what they’re missing. There are other countries around the world, such as Australia that would want to welcome much of those farmers from South Africa with open arms, if the South African government is not smart enough to realize their stupidity. There are always going to be other Whites who are making a choice to leave South Africa, where they cannot see themselves being governed under the black rule. It is a shame, but again, there is nothing that I can do about it. My message to each South African farmer is that they have to fight for their rights and their presence in that country; it is their country, just as it is for every other South African; if they decide to leave, the ANC and other black far-left parties will win, and it is not going to end well for South Africa.

I am not a South African, nor, will I ever be, but I’ve lived in South Africa when my parents were diplomats for the Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville. I have lived in South Africa from 1995 to 1999; South Africa is the crown jewel of Africa, it is the most advanced country in Africa, but let’s face the hard truth — South Africa would not be where it is today if it wasn’t for Whites, let us take a deep breath and stop being politically correct. Under the black rule, sine 1999, South Africa has been worst off because Blacks make the choice to live in the past and blame everything on Apartheid and failing to prove to themselves that they are resilient human beings with limitless resources. The South African government, under the black rule, could have put twice as much work as the one under the white rule, but they chose to be corrupt and destroy their country. I am a black man and I am proud to be black for life; we are resilient people who have the ability to overcome a lot, but we choose to be our own worst enemy because we settle for things that don’t serve us. Killing white South African farmers will not improve the standard of living of black South Africans, nor, will it make South Africa more prosperous. Take a look at other African countries, south of the Sahara if you don’t believe me. Find ways to make South Africa a better for all South Africans first, despite race, tribe, and creed. Learn from the past and avoid similar errors. Stop dehumanizing each other; stop treating the other like inferior sub-species. Now, it’s all up to you, South Africans.

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Roderick Balenda

An inviting blogger| Writer| Frenchman| Congolese| Atheist| Air hockey player| Motivator| Pragmatic Conservative| Based in Bordeaux