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AfriForum today filed a complaint of abuse of power, maladministration, political blackmail and contempt of court against the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, with the Public Protector. The complaint arises from attempts by the minister and his representatives to outlaw AfriForum’s protest march against farm murders, despite a declaratory court order declaring that there was…

AfriForum today demanded the urgent intervention of Fikile Mbalula, Police Minister, after four farm murders were committed in the past 48 hours. Piet and Tilla van Zyl were murdered near Immerpan in Limpopo on Sunday; Arno Niehaus was murdered near Maanhaarrand in Northwest on Sunday, and; Anton Smuts was murdered and set on fire near…

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…

AfriForum sent an urgent request to the National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Zach Modise, regarding an internal investigation at the Barkley-East Prison in the Eastern Cape after four prisoners escaped yesterday, including two murder suspects arrested for the murder of farmer Sarel Pretorius in January 2014. Their absence was only noticed at a check count…

The farm murder and farm attack statistics for the 2016/2017 financial year was announced today by the AfriForum Research Institute (ANI) in Pretoria. The total amount of verified farm attacks for the 2016/2017 period is 357 and the amount of farm murders is a disturbing 74. AfriForum also handed over a petition against farm murders…