Pretoria - The North West Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison Department has urged police to leave no stone unturned in their effort to find culprits involved in the attack of a Vryburg farmer.
MEC for Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison Desbo Mohono said attacks on farmers are an attack on the rural economy of the province.
"Such attacks should be prevented through strengthened partnership between police and farming communities and collaborative crime prevention efforts as part of implementation of the rural policing strategy," said Mohono.
The 58 year-old farmer, John Steyn who lives alone on his Neuklaagte farm was allegedly stabbed by two men during a robbery on his farm on Tuesday evening.
According to a report, the attackers claimed to have had a punctured tyre and asked Steyn for a pump and while he was helping them, the attackers allegedly struck him over the back of the head with a rock when his back was turned.
During the ensuing struggle the pair allegedly stabbed Steyn seven times in the back and once in the stomach with a broken bottle before fleeing with his white Mazda Drifter bakkie, which was parked outside the house.
Steyn reportedly fired two shots at his attackers with his firearm, but missed. He only managed to contact police and paramedics on Wednesday after he found his cellphone near where he had struggled with the pair.
Mohono has wished Steyn who is recovering in hospital a speedy recovery. No arrests have yet been made in connection with Steyn's attack.
