The civil rights organisation AfriForum requested an urgent meeting with the Minister of Police, Nkosinathi Nhleko, today to discuss possible solutions for the farm murder crisis with him. This follows after at least seven farm attacks were committed over the last two weeks, which includes one murder. This, in spite of a recent allegation by…
Christine Robinson, a British woman in her fifties, was gruesomely beaten to death on her farm about 15 km outside Thabazimbi. The police are investigating the murder and rumour has it that two farmworkers, who may have a connection to the case, are missing. AfriForum once again appealed to Government to prioritise farm murders. “This…
Two farm attacks took place in Theunissen and Bainsvlei in the Free State this morning, during which three murders were committed. The civil rights organisation AfriForum today once again appealed to the president to intervene to make the farm murder crisis in South Africa a national priority. “This means that seven farm murders have now…
AfriForum this morning submitted criminal charges against six individuals who are instigating people through social media to commit farm murders, to murder white people or who allege that they intend to do it themselves. Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum explained that the civil rights organisation has received several complaints about the threats from their…
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 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 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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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…
The civil rights organization, AfriForum had a constructive meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mr Senzeni Zokwana to discuss possible steps that can be taken to address the safety of farmers and other South Africans living in rural areas. The Minister was impressed with the steps taken by AfriForum to involve local…
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