Author: afriforum

AfriForum today presented 15 embassies with a memorandum in which the civil rights organisation requests that these countries must exert pressure on the South African government to protect the rights of minorities as well as to address the farm murder crisis. The memorandum specifically emphasises the conduct of representatives of the South African government at…

It was announced today at a joint media conference of AfriForum and the acting National Police Commissioner, Lt Gen Khomotso Phahlane, that farm murders will be officially prioritised. This conference follows a joint workshop attended by AfriForum and Phahlane. Various steps will be taken, which comes down to a focused strategy against farm murders. The…

AfriForum has been informed that Petrus Dambiso Moyo escaped from the holding cells of the Ellisras Police Station in the past 24 hours. Moyo is one of four persons suspected of the murder on Dr Werner Emslie on 20 September 2017 on the farm Afguns. “Dr Emslie is one of 77 people who have been…

The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the Transvaal Agricultural Union of South Africa (TAU SA) today announced a disturbing rise in farm attacks and farm murders for 2016 with the announcement of the official figures during a media conference in Centurion. This rising trend has now already been observed for the sixth consecutive year. The…

Various civilian organisations and opposition parties today during a joint media conference in Centurion took a stance against farm murders and made a plea to the South African government to incisively intervene to prioritise this crisis. The organisations also committed themselves to participate in the protest march against farm murders that is being planned for…