AfriForum se stryd teen plaasmoorde

Five survivors of farm attacks will, with the support of AfriForum, cover a distance of 1000 kilometres during 26 to 29 September 2013, driving from Johannesburg to Durban to raise awareness of farm murders. The group will be known as the Frischgewaagd Dirt Riders, and will cross fifty farms where they will distribute pamphlets and…

The civil rights organisation AfriForum’s community safety team together with the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) today visited two farms to talk to a farm attack victim, as well as the family of farm murder victims. On the Engelbrecht family’s farm outside Fochville, where two members of the family – Fanie (78) and Colleen (74) –…

AfriForum issued a warning to the Belfast rural community after an alleged farm murderer, Petros Mamaru (24), also known as Piet, escaped from the Belfast police holding cells the past weekend. Piet, together with two other criminals, escaped from the cells between 17:00 and 17:40 on Saturday, 4 October by cutting a hole in the…

AfriForum has submitted more than 10 000 e-mails received from members of the public via its website www.hoelanknog.co.za to the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, requesting that farm murders be prioritized. These e-mails will form part of the petition AfriForum will submit to the United Nations Forum for Minority Issues in November. During the past…