WEEKEND-VIEWPOINT- For how long are we going to use" Enough Is Enough: without any action- Talk is no more relevant.

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Every time a farmer is murdered or violently attacked in South Africa, the same cycle begins.

Media coverage intensifies. Social media fills with outrage. The leaders of farming organisations, politicians and many others have plenty to say and are quick to condemn it, but it remains just talk. Then the noise fades, and nothing meaningful changes. Declaring that “enough is enough.” This pattern has repeated for years. Memorial crosses now number in the thousands, each one marking a life taken on a farm, yet the attacks continue.Farmers and farm workers produce the food that feeds the nation and keep rural economies alive.

Despite this, many feel they are not treated as a priority. They work in isolated areas where help is often far away, facing extreme violence while the official response remains limited to statements and temporary public attention. Talk is cheap. Speeches and press conferences do not stop attackers. Leadership statements that are not followed by measurable improvements in rural safety, intelligence work, rapid response capacity and successful prosecutions ultimately ring hollow. All they say is - ENOUGH is ENOUGH -

The chant "kill the Boer, kill the farmers" is still treated as part of South Africa's democracy. The President and his supporters stay silent — they say nothing and do not condemn it. So-called leaders of a political party encourage their followers to sing it, and some actually go out and act on it. The world is taking notice. That is why there is a dispute between the USA and South Africa — a dispute that will only be resolved once this is stopped.

Farm Security in South Africa – Protecting Valuable Assets in an Increasingly Challenging Environment

It is a basic human right to be protected by the government and its policies. This is not a privilege or a political favour — it is a core constitutional responsibility. The right to life and the right to security of the person are not optional. When attacks continue year after year, when investigations are slow, and when convictions remain too few, the state is failing in one of its most fundamental duties. Farmers should not have to live like prisoners on their own land, relying mainly on private security simply to survive.

The current approach is not working. Soft responses and repeated promises have failed to deter those who target farming communities. Beyond improved policing and stronger rural safety measures, South Africa needs to confront the question of meaningful consequences for the most brutal and calculated attacks. Impunity must end.

The broader agricultural and corporate sector also cannot remain silent. Those who benefit from the labour and produce of farmers have a responsibility to demand real change rather than issue occasional statements. Enough talk — it's time for action, and people need to see it. The time has come to confront the government with action, not more talk and investigations. It's time to bring back the death penalty.

Words have been spoken for years. Results have been scarce. What is required now is decisive action that matches the seriousness of the crisis: effective policing, rapid response, successful prosecutions, and a clear demonstration that the lives of farmers and farm workers matter. Protection is not a request. It is a right. Anything less is simply more of the same.

Only a farmer, his wife and children truly know what it means to live on a farm and to become a hunting ground for cowards who have no respect for life.

ENOUGH is ENOUGH does not exist anymore - it is time to make a clean cut. ACTION is all that will solve this.

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