Dear Petition Supporters

I have not been posting a petition update in a very long time, because I have been busy completing my 250 page book entitled: "The Killing Fields of South Africa: My Personal Petition to the Secretary General of the United Nations, H.E. Mr. António Guterres, and the President of South Africa, the Honourable Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa to Intervene and to Stop the Senseless Killings in Our Beloved Nation of South Africa."

I am now posting a portion of my 250-page book as a preview for you because it will soon be published:

" Chapter 13

The “Plaasmoorde”: A Silent Genocide?

On the 15th of December 2020, with a heart heavy with grief and a spirit fuelled by righteous fury, I initiated a petition on Change.org. Its title was a direct cry from the heart of a nation in anguish: "PETITION TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UN, H.E. MR. ANTONIO GUTERRES TO END FARM MURDERS IN SOUTH AFRICA." It was not merely an online form; it was a digital tombstone, a collective scream into the void of international indifference, and a desperate plea for the world to witness what our own government seemed intent on ignoring.

The response was nothing short of seismic. The petition garnered 2,387,168 views and was signed by 387,168 people from every corner of the globe. These were not just numbers; they were 387,168 acts of solidarity; 387,168 declarations that the lives of our farmers mattered. 

They were South Africans living in fear, the diaspora watching their homeland bleed, international farmers’ unions, human rights advocates, and ordinary citizens from America to Australia who were horrified by the brutality we documented. This massive response was a powerful indictment of the South African government’s failure. When a people lose faith in their own state to protect them, they have no choice but to appeal to the conscience of the world.

But the petition was not a static document. Its lifeblood, its relentless pulse, was the 69 updates I posted over the ensuing years. These updates were my weapon against silence. They served multiple crucial purposes:

1.    A Chronicle of Atrocity: I made it my duty to document, in unflinching detail, the horror of each attack. I shared the names, the dates, the gruesome methods. 

The elderly couple was tortured for hours with blowtorches. The young wife was gang-raped in front of her husband before they were both executed. The farmer mutilated with his own tools. I did this not to sensationalise, but to bear witness. To force the world to look at the reality it preferred to ignore. To counter the government’s narrative that these were “just” robberies gone wrong. These updates were a raw, bloody archive of a targeted campaign of terror.

2.  A Strategy of Mobilisation: The updates were a drumbeat, maintaining momentum. Every milestone—100,000, 250,000 signatures—was celebrated and used to push for the next. I pleaded, I urged, I reminded supporters that each share brought us closer to being heard. It created a global community of activists, united in purpose.

3.  An Accusation Against the State: I directly and repeatedly accused the South African government of complicity through its silence, its failure to act, and its rhetoric. I linked the violence to the inflammatory political discourse on land expropriation without compensation, arguing that such rhetoric painted a target on the backs of farmers. I detailed the lack of police response, the botched investigations, and the climate of impunity. This was not just a petition against criminals; it was an indictment of a state failing in its most basic duty."

Kind regards

Bishop Louis Michael Green
Kraaifontein
Cape town RSA
Email: fuller.wcape.green@gmail.com