How South Africa's Farm Murders Began and Why the ANC Stopped Fighting Them.
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Speech footage courtesy of NewsFlash w/ Joe Emilio — watch the full address on their channel: The History Behind South Africa’s Farm Mur...
Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington DC, Dr James Myburgh traces South Africa's farm attack crisis from the ANC's mid-1980s campaign from exile to the state's dismantling of the murder and robbery units and the rural commandos, and argues that normalising these attacks has had terrible consequences for all South Africans.
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00:00 Washington, 25 September 2026
00:48 The record since 1991
01:23 Still more likely to be attacked, and killed
01:52 Origins: the ANC campaign from exile
03:34 1990: unbanned, but still underground
05:00 1994: violence falls, farm murders don't
06:17 1997: what the attacks looked like
07:04 "Ordinary crime"
07:52 The state stands down
08:50 The consequences
09:42 Conclusion
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How South Africa's Farm Murders Began and Why the ANC Stopped Fighting Them.
The Common Sense
55,212 views
Speech footage courtesy of NewsFlash w/ Joe Emilio — watch the full address on their channel: The History Behind South Africa’s Farm Mur...
Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington DC, Dr James Myburgh traces South Africa's farm attack crisis from the ANC's mid-1980s campaign from exile to the state's dismantling of the murder and robbery units and the rural commandos, and argues that normalising these attacks has had terrible consequences for all South Africans.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE: Expert Explains Origins, History, and Consequences of South Africa's Farm Attack Crisis to America
https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/Poli...
Become a member of The Common Sense for all the facts and analysis (R99/month): https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/subs...
The Common Sense's own numbers on farm attacks: https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/poli...
00:00 Washington, 25 September 2026
00:48 The record since 1991
01:23 Still more likely to be attacked, and killed
01:52 Origins: the ANC campaign from exile
03:34 1990: unbanned, but still underground
05:00 1994: violence falls, farm murders don't
06:17 1997: what the attacks looked like
07:04 "Ordinary crime"
07:52 The state stands down
08:50 The consequences
09:42 Conclusion
Subscribe for more on what South Africa's numbers really say.