30 November 2012
AfriForum has declared 1 December to be a National Day of Protest against farm murders. In a coordinated effort in the run up to 1 December AfriForum’s local structures and victims of farm attacks submitted more than 100 memorandums to police stations across South Africa. The memorandum demand stronger interventions against farm murders. Mthethwa was informed of this, but failed to respond.
AfriForum will hold a quick conference on farm murders next week. During the conference a report containing case studies about gross negligence on the part of the South African Police Service (SAPS) during the investigation of farm murders will be presented. Victims who have lost loved ones in farm murders will recount how negligence during…
National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega is not in touch with the realities playing out on South African farms. This is the view of AfriForum after Gen Phiyega today told the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) that the perceptions of people regarding farm murders should be managed. In response to questions from the SAHRC, Gen…
AfriForum and victims whose loved ones were murdered on farms started a petition today for prioritizing farm murders. The petition will be submitted to the United Nations Forum for Minority Issues in November this year. At this event, a report entitled “The Mthethwa Docket” was also introduced. The report details ten instances during the past…
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The Pietermaritzburg High Court has sentenced Siboniso Mtolo to life imprisonment for murdering a farmer in Eston, KwaZulu-Natal in September last year. In sentencing, Judge Isaac Madondo said: “Everybody needs to be protected from people like Mtolo, but more especially our farming communities”. The Judge also mentioned that the Court hopes this sentence would serve…
AfriForum has today appealed to South Africans who have been affected by farm attacks to get involved in the struggle to convince the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa to declare farm murders a priority crime. Victims are, for this purpose, encouraged to send their stories to stopthemurders@afriforum.co.za so that they can be involved in the…