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Bernadette Hall’s husband, David was shot dead on their dairy farm, Frischgewaagd in Fochville, North Wes ton 20 February 2012. Bernadette, her sons, Bradly and Wesley and André van den Berg embarked on a 1000km journey from Johannesburg to Ballito in KZN to create awareness about farm murders. They’re riding as the “Frischgewaagd Dirt Riders”….

AfriForum welcomes the announcement by Lt-Gen. Khomotso Phahlane, acting National Police Commissioner, that farm murders, farm attacks, and livestock theft will be prioritised by the police. AfriForum has been campaigning for years for the prioritisation of farm murders and has even approached the United Nations on various occasions in this regard. Ernst Roets, the Deputy…

I am confronted with the reality of crime on a daily basis … “Ordinary” murders, farm murders, farm attacks, poor service by the police and the National Prosecuting Authority, and many other challenges mark my days. People always ask me: “Does it not bother you?” or “How do you cope?” If I say that it…

18 November 2013 AfriForum will host a blitz conference in Centurion on Monday where video footage of a farm attack will be released to the media. The material will be included in a submission on farm murders which will be presented by AfriForum to the United Nations Forum for Minority Issues in Geneva in Switzerland…

19 June 2013 Exactly one year after more than a thousand South Africans had marched to the President’s office to demand intervention, AfriForum released a report in which the gross negligence of police officers in their investigation of farm murders was identified. The report was released at a conference and a copy was submitted to…

“Despite more than 195 farm attacks this year, Bheki Cele, Minister of Police, still refuses to declare farm murders priority crimes. This silence and apathy is indicative that Government is in fact deprioritising farm murders and attacks as crimes,” says Ian Cameron, AfriForum’s Head of Safety. Cameron argues that the State and especially the Minister’s…