On Friday the 14th my friends son was shot and killed in yet another farm murder in South Africa.We need your prayers for the young mother and 3 kiddies whom witnessed this and are extremely traumatised.

My hart gaan uit na hierdie familie. Mag ons Liwe Heer hulle in Sy hande dra en teen Sy hart vasdruk en vertroos. I pray for you all who are affected by these crimes in our dear country every day.

Yvonne ek is so jammer om van die tragedie te hoor. My meegevoel gaan die mense want my familie was ook deel van so iets. We cant go anywhere else. I have sent you a PM a few months ago. Hope to hear from you soon

A sincere Thank You to each one for your kind words and prayers.This is something that will be on our minds for a very long time. We have a abnormal high rate of violence in this country, especially around Gauteng area and constantly have to be cautious.Yvonne

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by airyfairy 19 Mar 2014

My two daughters both live in Jhb. I worry about them every day. Thinking about you. Hugs.

Will pray for this family and the country as a whole as you all go through this terrible tragedy....

What a sad and dreadful day for you and all the families involved in this tragedy. I will definitely remember you and the family in my prayers. Hugs

Dear Yvonne, my heart goes out to you and your friend's family. It all just seems so futile. I wished guns were never invented, or for that matter any tool for the destruction of a life. I truly hope and pray that peace will eventually happen in your country and for that matter in our world. If everybody would just learn to get along - after all we are all human beings, doesn't matter what we look like or who we pray to. I also hope that in time the dreadful horrors that those children and mother witnessed will dissipate. God bless you all, love Chris

So sorry to hear this. This kind of happening is so scary and it does not look like anything will change soon (or ever, for that matter)

Feel so bad for those poor children - nothing will ever take these pictures out of their heads. Hope that they and their mother find peace of some kind in the future and can live full lives despite this horror.

This is so terrible, what happened to provoke this violence? What is a farm murder? Were they targeted because they were wealthy? Kay

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by airyfairy 19 Mar 2014

Kay - One of the reasons farmers are targeted it that they usually live on large land that is far away from the nearest neighbours., so they cannot get help quickly. Robbery is the main reason and farms always keep guns, which is usually what all the thieves want. It is all terribly sad. We have tremendous poverty here but they do not have to kill

So sorry to read this; it is so sad and terrible too. I will be keeping them in my prayers.

I am so sorry, for you and your friend and these children. How very sad all this violence. Prayers and hugs, Jan

Sending prayers and hugs !!!!

So sad will pray hugs Carolyn

so sorry for all victimes , prayers for them.

May our Father sustain and comfort this young family in their time of loss and grieving. May He keep you safe!

prayers send. it is a sad world we are living in.

Prayers for all. No words can describe the sorry one feels.

So sorry to hear of this horrible murder, my prayers are with you and your friends.

So sorry that such horror has touched your life. Prayers for all those who have been so affected and please God let sanity and humanity return to the people who are committing these atrocities.
I've just been listening to a commentary on the Holocaust and the Irish potato famine and I am appalled anew at man's inhumanity to man.

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by agatha 18 Mar 2014

It is true that about the potato famine but that wasn't the only food the Irish grew and ate. As a Professor from Melbourne University said, it was an act of genocide that saw so many Irish people die. There was plenty of food in Ireland but it was being shipped to England. There is no nation on this earth that isn't is tainted by greed. We in Australia are still struggling to love the first people who inhabited this wonder continent!

So sorry for your loss You and your family are in my prayers

How devastating for all concerned! The world has to sit up & take notice. I will pray for all.

How tragic, the violence is so bad, I will keep them in my prayers.

Prayers for you, the family, and for all of South Africans especially the farmers. May there be peace, safety and harmony soon.

My heart is breaking for this family and for you. Comfort must be so hard to grasp in a tragedy such as murder. Praying for all of you and your safety. Hugs.

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by katydid 19 Mar 2014

I don't understand what these people have to gain in killing the land owners.

In my prayers.

This is terrible,horrifying! I am so,so sorry for their loss and the happenings.-Toogie

I am shocked and horrified by what is going on. I live in Canada, and since this was the second time I have seen a post of a Farmer killed in South Africa , I thought I should take a look on the web and read some news reports.. It's more like a genocide what is happening I can't believe the numbers of farmers and there families being murder and tortured . My prayers go out to all !

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by airyfairy 18 Mar 2014

I have lived in South Africa for 38 years. Yes I did arrive during apartheid times and yes there were things that were far from right but at least we had some sort of law and order.
I just wish other people from around would read reports as you have done. Yes it is like genocide. Farmers in particular are targeted as they have land which they own.

Prayers for all the family. Such a tragedy.

My prayers are with them. How sad that our rainbow nation can not live up to its title. If only everybody can accept everybody else, regardless of race or religion, these atrocities would end.

God bless.
Anneliese

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by anssmile 18 Mar 2014

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Yvonne - what do I say. The atrocities that are happening in our beautiful country are just getting worse. My heart goes out to the family. I am so very sorry. Hugs Sarah.

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by katydid 19 Mar 2014

How did this family get targeted?