SA to host first ever International Rural Crime Conference Farmer's Weekly - Lloyd Phillips

South Africa is to host the inaugural International Rural Crime Conference at the Royal Elephant Lodge and Conference Centre in Centurion, Gauteng, on 27 September 2017.

The organisers are UNISA’s School for Criminal Justice, Agri SA, the Red Meat Producers’ Organisation, and the African Farmers’ Association of SA.

A joint statement from the organisers said: “The aim is to allow scholars in rural criminology and practitioners, such as policymakers, police officials, private security officers, lawyers, prosecutors, and trauma counsellors, to interact in an interdisciplinary manner.”

Speakers at the conference include Dr Joseph Donnermeyer, Ohio State University, US; Dr Elaine Barclay, University of New England, Australia; and Emmanuel Bunei, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya.