Delegates at the DA federal congress in Midrand may vote for the party to push President Cyril Ramaphosa to appoint a commission of inquiry to probe farm murders. | ZintleMahlati
READ | The DA also joined the chorus of those calling for a specific classification for farm murders. Delegates at the party's congress in 2020 voted for farm murders to be classified as hate crimes.
The party's resolution stated that the government needed to take farm murders as seriously as economic sabotage. "In South Africa, job losses because of crimes on farms in rural areas are tough to recover. The South African government has failed to recognise the severity of the impact of these crimes on farms, and the economic losses accompanied by farm murders and attacks on farms," the resolution read.
The resolution proposes that other forms of classification, including culture, language, social status and employment, be used"as a more suitable measure of societal groupings".News24's expert team takes you into the inner workings of politics in South Africa as we gear up for the 2024 national elections and beyond.
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