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Mr Senzeni Zokwana, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and a delegation from AfriForum met in Pretoria this morning to discuss farm murders, as well as other rural violence and community relations in rural areas. During the meeting, the Minister and AfriForum agreed that the Minister, through his department, will facilitate an initiative to…

AfriForum has condemned the horror attacks yesterday on an elderly German couple and their son in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal. This civil rights organisation says that the silence of the Government on farm murders may increase attacks on farmers, because Government is failing to assist the farming community with security. The bodies of a farmer (76), his…

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 accused the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, of deliberately disregarding the magnitude of the farm murder crisis in South Africa, and being unfeeling towards the victims of this catastrophe. This was in reaction to Mr Mthethwa’s remarks this morning at a breakfast session of The New Age newspaper, where Mthethwa criticized AfriForum’s campaign against…