Foreword Executive summary Opsomming Introduction  SECTION A: THE PROBLEM AND THE STATE’S RESPONSE Chapter 1: Attacks on farms and smallholdings Chapter 2: The rural protection plan National Operational Co-ordinating Mechanism structure The commando structure Chapter 3: The rural safety summit Rural safety summit declaration Rural safety task team
		Chapter 4: Review of government reports Attacks on farms and smallholdings, January-June 1999, CIAC report Attacks on farms and smallholdings: November 1998 — 15 March 1999, Joint Operations report Attacks on farms and smallholdings, number 1 of 1999, CIAC report Attacks on farms and smallholdings, number 2 of 1998, CIAC report CIAC Quarterly crime report, number 3 of 1998 Attacks on farms and smallholdings, Britz report SECTION B: EVALUATION OF THE RURAL PROTECTION PLAN Chapter 5: The Piet Retief area — Mpumalanga The Piet Retief police district Farm and smallholding attacks Case studies Recurring trends in farm attacks Labour relations and labour-related violence The rural protection plan in the Piet Retief district Weaknesses in the rural protection plan Chapter 6: The Greytown area — KwaZulu-Natal The Greytown district Land encroachment Case studies The rural protection plan in the Greytown district Chapter 7: The Ixopo area — KwaZulu-Natal The Ixopo district Land encroachment Case study The rural protection plan and the Ixopo Farm Watch Chapter 8: The Wierdabrug area — Gauteng The Wierdabrug police district Smallholding attacks in the Wierdabrug area Case studies The rural protection plan in the Wierdabrug area Chapter 9: Conclusion Chapter 10: Recommendations Publicity campaigns Resources Improved intelligence and detective work Farm and smallholding employees Devolution of responsibility Local solutions to local problems Definition of smallholding attacks Appendix I: Interview questions Appendix II: Attacks and murders per month and province, January 1997 — December 1999 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Number of attacks on farms and smallholdings, and the number of murders committed during attacks, 1997-1999 Figure 2: Number of attacks committed monthly on farms and smallholdings, 1997-1999 Figure 3: Number of attacks annually on farms and smallholdings per province, 1997-1999 Figure 4: Percentage change in the number of attacks on farms and smallholdings, 1997-1999 Figure 5: Number of murders committed monthly during attacks on farms and smallholdings, 1997-1999 Figure 6: Number of murders committed annually during attacks on farms and smallholdings per province, 1997-1999 Figure 7: Proportion of farm and smallholding attacks resulting in a murder, per province, 1997-1999 LIST OF MAPS Map 1: South Africa’s provincial boundaries Map 2: Eastern Mpumalanga Map 3: KwaZulu-Natal Midlands area Map 4: Gauteng