⁍ Murder of Brendan Horner, a white man whose body was found tied to a pole at his farm in Free State province, sparked riots at the start of this month.

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⁍ The farmers accused the government of failing to protect them from violent crime.

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⁍ Their opponents, from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), complained about what they see as the continued domination of South Africa’s economy by whites.

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– The murder of a white South African farmer has sparked riots and drawn the attention of President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has called on South Africans to “resist attempts … to mobilize communities along racial lines.” Ramaphosa made the statement after the death of Brendan Horner, whose body was found tied to a pole at his farm in Free State province, sparked riots at the start of this month and prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to make an appeal to South Africans to ‘resist attempts … to mobilise communities along racial lines,’ Reuters reports. The farmers outside the courthouse in the central town of Senekal accused the government of failing to protect them from violent crime, while their opponents, from the Economic Freedom Fighters, complained about what they see as the continued domination of South Africa’s economy by whites. “We are getting tired now of all the farm murders,” said Geoffrey Marais, 30, a livestock trader from Delmas, where a woman was strangled to death two weeks ago. “Enough is enough. They (the government) must start to prioritize these crimes.” Reuters reports that during a court hearing in the Horner murder Friday, the EFF’s firebrand leader, Julius Malema, sat inside the courtroom to show support for the two murder suspects who filed a request for bail during Friday’s hearing. The judge adjourned the case until Oct. 20. “I’m here because white people … taking advantage of us,’ said EFF supporter Khaya Langile, who came from the Johannesburg township of Soweto to join the rally. Police separated the two groups with razor wire in one street, but despite the noisy standoff there was no violence.