Minister and AfriForum agree to initiative to combat farm murders and other rural violence
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…
Moment of silence for victims of farm murders and violent crimes: Support Old Bokke’s appeal
AfriForum created a platform where members of the public can add their support to the 1995 World Cup Springbok rugby team’s appeal to the South African Rugby Union (SARU). In this appeal, the former Springboks request a moment of silence for all victims of farm murders and violent crimes before next Saturday’s Currie Cup final…
AfriForum visits farm attack victims with German public broadcaster
The civil rights organisation AfriForum’s community safety team this past week spent a day with the Engelbrecht family near Fochville after two members of this family – Fanie (78) and Colleen (74) – were brutally murdered during a farm attack on 13 May. A German public TV broadcaster – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) – accompanied…
An overview of farm attacks in South Africa and the potential impact thereof on society
Research on farm attacks compiled by the Solidarity Research Institute (SRI), in conjunction with Prof. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Nantes Kelder, Lorraine Claasen, Dr Johan Burger and Ernst Roets, in November 2012. Inside: A national campaign against farm murders Overview of farm attacks in South Afric and the potential impact thereof on society A proposed model for…
AfriForum address UN’s Forum on Minority Issues in Genève on farm murders and violence against minorities
AfriForum today attended the seventh session of the UN Human Rights Council’s Forum on Minority Issues in Genève, Switzerland, to address the Forum on the state of minority rights in South Africa. It is the fifth time that AfriForum is attending the annual session of this forum. According to Alana Bailey, Deputy CEO of AfriForum…
AfriForum and Agriculture Minister meet re farm murders
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…
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Pensioners Rebate 2018-2019 Download Farm attacks and farm murders Download Municipal landfill site audit Download Weapon competency Download Witbank potholes Download Blue and Green Drop Project Download What are your rights if the police or traffic police pull you over? Download AfriForum launched land occupation guide Download Expert Report on Human Rights & Medium of…
Farm attackers’ sentences reduced; AfriForum demands tougher punishment
The sentences of two convicted farm attackers, who brutally attacked Pieter and Henriëtta Botes on their Mpumalanga farm, Remhoogte in 2011, were reduced with 15 years. This, after a judge of the North Gauteng High Court ruled that the magistrate who sentenced them to 35 consecutive years’ imprisonment “overemphasized the gravity of the crime”. “The…
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