and, ja, ja, it wasn't — it wasn't supposed to be like that. you don't live here any more. no, no, no, we don't live here any more, since the incident happened. yeah, we had max security gates, everything. we felt that we were doing everything to keep safe. this was going to be the forever home. yes. this was the room where we had ourfamily time. this was — this is the most hard. hmm? tearfully: the most hard of everything. i you can take — you can take a moment, if you need to.

yeah and, i mean, the way he — the way he left was uncalled for. he never — he was never someone that hurt anybody. he died in a way which was — it didn't take long. in august last year, ingrid's husband duane was shot and killed by armed intruders at the gates of their farm. a person was standing there with a 9mm weapon in his hand and he said to me, "i'm going to shoot," he said to me. didn't say anything else. and then, i look and there was another guy with another 9mm and an ak—lfl weapon as well. that's when they shot through my shoulder. i went to him and collapsed. and, yeah, he was —

he was as he was, sitting next to the door, with his weapon was still there. south africa's murder rate is now at a 20—year high and the fear is that there may be worse to come. how do you feel about the state of crime, you know, in the country right now? i feel it's a dire situation. it's chaos. people are working very hard at being farmers to keep our country on the go. there's shortages of everything. and then, you have to fear for your life to be a farmer. it's unlikely anyone will be arrested for duane's murder — the detection rate for murder across south africa is less than one in five.

these farmers are taking matters into their own hands. they're part of a pressure group called afriforum, who campaign on behalf of afrikaners. they have more than 300,000 members nationwide. what are you looking for on the route? any signs of movement, signs of people cutting fences, branches broken — signs that people are targeting a specific area. they tend to cut the cables — electrical cables — and sell that copper. are the torches off because it's supposed to be undetected? yes. 0k. 0therwise, we'd give

ourselves away. now, this fence has been cut. oh, i see it's been cut there. yes. and you can see the footpath right through here. there it goes. so, it's a well—used footpath. so, if you see that light, and that is where the — where the guys with the trucks, the users, the dealers are staying. 0k. yeah. so, this is the path they will be taking, yeah. dogs bark usually when you're so quiet, you can start hearing dogs barking. south africa's crime problem cuts across all racial and ethnic lines. 60km down the road, another volunteer patrol is about to set off. we're in diepsloot,

a township on the outskirts of johannesburg. so, what are you expecting to do tonight? we're going to the ground. we going to do stop and search inside the township. whoever we meet with during the night, we have to search that person. what are you searching for? guns, knives. people are scared in township. who's next? who's going to die? what are some of the dangers you're likely to face on a night like tonight? diepsloot is in the hand of the criminals and we know that once they've found out who are patrolling here, we will be a target. and we are ready. and we are ready for that. and we will fight against the crime that is in diepsloot. we need to take our diepsloot back. we need to defend our diepsloot. this is our community. this is our children. this is our women.

we need to chase these thugs away. the team is working closely with the local municipal police. are the police going to drive alongside? yeah, they are coming with us. 0k. yes. the farm patrol has stumbled across an abandoned building.

we are looking for stash. maybe they put something away. it was like a nightclub, a strip club. and so, this is where they would pick their items up? they will stash it here and then, they will pick it up and go, yeah. and that's usually — the pick—ups will be anything from four in the morning till even six o'clock. they will usually load some plastic bags on top and then, they will hide the stolen property underneath, yeah. the smoke — it means there was recent activity here. ok, let's see. i think the sides might be hot. chance is very good that maybe they spooked them coming in. they might have been herejust minutes ago. minutes. yeah. do you ever step outside sometimes and realise how dangerous, how not normal this

is for a regular citizen? we are living in cages, and that is abnormal. it shouldn't be like this — checking around what's happening before you enter a farm, before you get out of your vehicle — and that's why it becomes a way of life. in diepsloot, the volunteers are unpaid and badly equipped. the risk to their lives is very real. is this when he was younger or is it a recent picture? he's so young. so, he was 21? yes.

0k, 0k, yeah. two years ago, david's son alpha was shot and killed whilst out on patrol. how would you describe the kind of person alpha was? so, you were surprised to hear that he was a patroller? i understand that this might be difficult for you, so, if you.... yeah. can you tell me what happened to alpha that night?

and what do you think of the patrollers? yes. we are approaching the bridge.

that is the most dangerous bridge in the extension 1. why is it the most dangerous? it's where most of the things is happening here. people have been killed in this bridge. there were more than 27,000 murders last year in south africa. that's 45 people per 100,000. for comparison, the us rate is six. what are you looking for on the streets? we are doing stop and search. and if you are a criminal, you've got something that is dangerous to our community, we're going to take it. and if you're not going to comply with us, the sjambok will apply also to you. this is a traditional leather whip. does that mean you'll beat him? we have to.

even last night, someone was shot and killed. now, the kids are parentless. if we don't fight against crime, they will end up entering into our houses and kill me in front of my kids. music plays if you're a young black male living in a township like this, then you're most at risk of being murdered. but the fear of crime permeates across south african society. what i'm going to ask you is wear your bulletproofs. if you don't have a bulletproof jacket on and you're not trained, if a vehicle stops wherever we are,

which is not part of our group, please move back behind the vehicle. in a few minutes, we'll be heading out to tonight's mass patrol. the patrol is going to be happening in cars today and we're told that the area is much bigger and so, we will be out for longer than we were last night, trying to find any suspicious vehicles, trying to see any suspicious activity. again, like last night, no alcohol, 0k? you guys, we are allowed to carry weapons but for self—defence. we've got to comply to the rules. please, concealed carry. dewald is what is known as a first responder. you're going to a gunfight with a knife. that's how it goes. you're prepared to use your firearm and be in a gunfight. i won't hesitate to protect my family. that's it.

if i must come into a scuffling between other guy and he will hurt me, i won't stand back for him. as a volunteer, you also are volunteering to protect others and use your firearm to protect others. yeah, in the correct way. mmm. like i say, i'm not the law. it's not like we just stop everyone. - that's not the case. you hear the people - on the groups, whatsapp or phone, tell us, "listen, . theyjust stole copper cables "from me," orjust, - "my fence has been cut". let's go. there's the guys. the people passing by, - they know the green lights, they know it's quite safe.

just hold that guy. hold that guy. these shopkeepers say they've just been robbed and the volunteers, who say they're here to assist the police, think they have a suspect. slapped him. why were you hiding? i was not hiding! where are those other guys? what do you want this time of the night? what do you want, this time of the night? what do you want at this time? there's no evidence that this man has done anything wrong. they're questioning this young man about his whereabouts prior to when they found him. they suspect that he knows where the two men who allegedly robbed the household

down the street are. all right, man. are you letting him go? yeah, we let him go. 2-way radio chatter stefan, what are you looking for? just for people moving around, maybe. according to the world bank, crime is costing the economy at least 10% of its gdp each year. three weeks ago, in a matter of about four or five hours, there was five incidents. two were killed. one is still in hospital.

they were shot. and that's farm workers, and that was at the end of the month. the intel that these suspects got was, "ok, "it's a bloody weekend." they're easy targets. easy targets, yeah. it brings the farming to a standstill, - the production, so there's a big influence. _ there are clear dangers. who holds these patrollers, who are mostly armed, to account? so, how long have you been here on this land? on this farm, i've been here roughly about 11, 12 years. small properties butjust adjacent to each other and you can farm it as one. you have to plan accordingly,

getting your property safe. if anything happened to me, about eight guys lose theirjobs. each night, you go to bed, you pray. every morning is god's grace, giving you a new day. is the way you live now sustainable? yeah, it's going to be difficult to carry on like this because you work full day and at night, you do patrols. you do get exhausted after two weeks doing four or five patrols a night or doing four orfive hours a night. i don't think you can carry on like that. radio: really strong views here coming through. - man on radio: the level of crime is higher than - what the police can cope with. i deal with issues of poverty. deal with issues. of unemployment. fix society.

i'm back in diepsloot to catch up with abel. 0h! so, you're saying the street has been safe — well, compared to others? yeah. the community has built a gate for protection. it's where abel waits for his wife to come home from work. what time does your wife come back? eight o'clock, because it's very far. do you worry about her when she comes home? yeah, that's why i wait here. i open the gate and stand outside and wait for her to come. like most people of working age in diepsloot, abel is unemployed. so, this is how you spend your days? yeah.

during the week, i — i stay like this. and then weekend, yeah, weekend, you know, it's from friday, you can't — you'll never rest. you have to go out and try to rescue your community as such. mmm. yeah. when criminals hear about you coming to the neighbourhood, what threat do you pose to them? as patrollers, our duty is to save our community, not to kill. have you killed someone? no! not at all! i can't kill someone. what else... ? i'm fighting against this crime. mmm. how can i kill someone whilst my intention is to save them? afriforum say that farmers are in danger and they are under attack. they feel that they are protecting their families and their communities, much like you say you're doing the same for your community

and yourfamily. scoffs what they told you, they're out of their mind. we blacks, we don't have the facilities that they have. we blacks, we don't have that. and you saw that night when we were walking together, there was no—one who was driving, no—one who has a gun, no—one who has a bulletproof. it was just the reflectors and the sjambok. there's a few white guys that they are not good to the black community, there's a few black people that are dangerous to the white community. we don't have enough security. we just rely on the patrolling. mind your steps here. yeah. just come straight to here. the gates are locked.

you cannot go through that street. why are they locked? it's because they are preventing the movement of the criminals to come through. remember, we are trying to minimise the movement and the killings of the people in our streets. whistle blows siren wails commotion this is a policeman. yeah, it's a policeman. a policeman has just been shot. he was off duty. theyjust hijacked him — him and his girlfriend.

they take his car and the gun. what's going to happen now? there's a backup that is running up and down to search for the car — the car that has been hijacked. so, this is a regular occurrence? yeah, this is a regular occurence, situation that is happening. the way life it is now in diepsloot, no—one is safe.

losing a loved one to violence is an experience many south africans have in common. for some of us, all we can do is make bitter peace and try to move on with our lives. both these communities live in fear. but class, which in this country is so closely linked to race, class determines who has a better chance at safety. and if everyone is willing to do whatever it takes to survive, i can only imagine the kinds of violence we're yet to see.

hello there. the weather's looking pretty mixed this bank holiday weekend. although saturday looks to be pretty decent for many with a lot of sunshine around, sunday and bank holiday monday will see some heavy, thundery showers developing, some local torrential downpours but there'll still be some sunshine in between. now, for saturday, we've got two frontal systems approaching — one across the east and one across the west.

this one will arrive quite early through the morning across east anglia, eastern england and spread westward, so skies turning cloudier here. this one will arrive late in the day for south west england, south wales but in between, plenty of sunshine around after a chilly start, then we should see sunny spells into the afternoon. could see just a few showers developing. most places should stay dry and it'll feel warmer again with top temperatures of 20 or 21 degrees. now, as we head through saturday night, this weather front across the east peps up, brings outbreaks of rain to much of northern england, pushing into scotland, and this one across the southwest pushes northwards across england and wales, so it'll be turning cloudier, breezier and wetter through saturday night so, as a result, it'll be milder with double—figure values for most to start monday morning. but sunday's pressure chart looks quite messy. there's a couple of weather fronts pretty much across the country will bring a more unsettled day. so, we'll have that first weather front bringing outbreaks of rain to scotland and northern ireland through the morning. some sunshine for northern scotland. and then, for england and wales, the sunshine will emerge and when the sunshine comes out,

it'll set off scattered, heavy and thundery downpours. these could be quite slow—moving, particularly through the midlands in towards wales and north west england. if you catch one, you'll certainly know about it. but sunshine in between, maybe not quite as warm —17—19 degrees. for bank holiday monday, the weather fronts push their way northward, so it's in the north where we'll see the focus of the heaviest and most frequent showers, i think. they'll pop up pretty much anywhere. again, it's going to be another day of sunshine and showers but it is northern and eastern areas, i think, which will see most of those thundery downpours. and later in the day, something a bit drier pushing into western areas. temperatures again a degree or so down, so 15—17 celsius, but not feeling too bad in the sunshine. as we head into tuesday and beyond, it looks like low pressure starts to take over, our weather turns breezier. we'll see showers or longer spells of rain. but high pressure waits in the wings, so it could turn a bit more settled as we move into next weekend. but certainly, into next week, it will be quite unsettled. showers or longer spells of rain but a bit of sunshine in between.

live from washington, this is a bbc news special report marking four years since the murder of george floyd. a racial reckoning that went around the world and led to change in parts of the us. now four years later, us lawmakers are trying again to pass a police reform act named after george floyd. this vicious cycle of brutality ofjustice must end. we examine the impact of that day and what has changed in us policing. iam i am caitriona perry. next

saturday marks four years since a flashpoint in the us — in the us — the brutal murder of george floyd while he was in police custody. the black 46—year—old was killed by a white minneapolis police officer who kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes, while ignoring floyd's cries. video of the incident quickly went viral around the world, sparking the largest racialjustice protests in the us since the civil rights movement. we're going to show you just a brief moment of that. and a warning — it might be disturbing to some viewers. what do you want? i cannot breathe- — that moment didn'tjust lead to protests in the us. it sparked a global reckoning with racism — an issue the world continues to grapple with. in the us, lawmakers responded with the george floyd justice in policing act. it was originally introduced in 2021. the act passed the then—democratically controlled house but deadlocked in the senate over language surrounding qualified immunity, which could lead officers to face expanded accountability.

this week, house democrats, with the support of floyd's family, reintroduced that act