The role of the Media Fact-Checker in 2018: Spin as no-big-deal a murder rate among a rural constituency that exceeds Detroit's.pic.twitter.com/4LGh6tV1mk
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The role of the Media Fact-Checker in 2018: Spin as no-big-deal a murder rate among a rural constituency that exceeds Detroit's.pic.twitter.com/4LGh6tV1mk
That said, it's inexcusable that no one has parsed the data to pull out the subset of murders that only includes farmers & their families. There are few enough every year that someone should have done this work. Current stats also include farm workers & visitors. From AgriSA:pic.twitter.com/rgrRogfnx4
Ballparking upper bound, there are 35K commercial farms in SA (down from 120K in 1992.) 47 murders (lowest year on record) equals 134/K. Detroit is 34/100K, so factoring in household size, farm murder might be on par. That's insane for a rural area not involved in drug trade.
Commercial farms, which doesnt include 'landholds.'
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