A violent farm attack took place on the evening of 1 December 2020, in Paarl, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Four attackers overpowered, assaulted and tied up an elderly couple and their daughter and then ransacked the farmhouse. The attackers forced the couple to open the safe, and various items were taken as well as phones and electronics. The attackers dismantled the camera system and also took the recording device.
The couple and daughter were then locked up in a room, while the attackers ransacked the rest of the house. After finally freeing themselves, the couple made use of the DFW (Drakenstein Farm Watch ) emergency radio and called for help. The DFW emergency control room operators took the call and within minutes a DFW medical crew as well as an armed response team accompanied by Fidelity ADT were on their way.