Attempted farm attack caught on security cameras
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The civil rights organisation AfriForum will meet with Lt. Gen. Phahlane Kgomotso, the acting National Police Commissioner, on 4 May 2016 to discuss the manner in which farm murders can be prioritised and how AfriForum can contribute. This follows Lt. Gen. Phahlane’s remark in the media earlier the year that farm murders should enjoy greater…
AfriForum is to meet with the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana tomorrow to discuss possible solutions to the farm murder crisis. The meeting is scheduled for 8:00 and will be at the office of the minister in Pretoria. Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum, said the organisation believes in a dual solution…
The civil rights organisation AfriForum has welcomed the fact that the ANC today condemned farm murders in a media statement, but added that statements alone are not enough to crack down on the crisis in practice. The organisation once again made a plea to the government to prioritise farm murders by drawing up a focused…
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…
The murderers of Ernest (77) and Annetjie (76) van Rooyen were each handed two life sentences last week. Oupa Mokoena (47) and Ezekiele Mguni (30) murdered the couple in January of this year on their farm Somerset near Parys in the Free State. Ernest’s body was found on the floor of their farm store –…
AfriForum, together with a victim whose husband was recently murdered in a farm attack, will submit a volume of complaints to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) tomorrow, requesting the Commission to initiate a formal public hearing on farm murders, with specific focus on the don’t-care-attitude of the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, toward…