“Self-defence is recognized by all legal systems. Where a choice has to be made between the lives of two or more people, the life of the innocent is given preference over the life of the aggressor. This is consistent with section…
On 12-13 July 2021, 104 235ha of farmland was burned to the ground. According to Dr Jack Armour, Free State Agriculture commercial manager, these fires represent the single biggest fire event recorded in the Free State province. “Official figures released…
The public is once again called upon to comment on the Firearms Control Amendment Act, says Tommie Esterhuyse, vice-president of Free State Agriculture (FSA), after the organisation’s written comments were submitted by e-mail on 21 July 2021. The recent events…
“Property rights are inextricably part of human rights, and no state has the right to alienate people from it.” This is the viewpoint of Free State Agriculture President, Francois Wilken, after the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill, 2021, was published for…
Free State Agriculture (FSA) and the Red Meat Producers Organization (RPO) welcome the arrests by the Hawks carried out on 14 July 2021, where five police officers and two livestock speculators were arrested in Bloemfontein and Ladybrand. The arrests are…
Free State Agriculture (FSA) confirms that farmers and the Fire protection Association structures fought fires throughout the night (12 July 2021) following a day of cold and winds of up to 70km Most of these fires were in the south…
The announcement of level 4 Covid regulations by the government, which include roadblocks around Gauteng that must be manned by amongst others SAPS Safety Coordinators, could possibly lead to a gap in policing in rural areas. Free State Agriculture (FSA)…
Free State Agriculture (FSA) remains weary of the Expropriation Bill as the main policy to drive the expropriation without compensation ideology. This was the reaction of Free State Agriculture after recent reports that the EFF and ANC could not agree…
Free State Agriculture (FSA) notes with care that the two accused in the Brendin Horner murder on 22 June 2021 were successful in granting bail in the Magistrate’s Court in Senekal, in that DNA results indicate that they cannot be…