Dear Gen. Riah Phiyega, national police chief: I considered writing an open letter to you, but decided against it because by now I also had enough of that. I will get right to the point and extend an open invitation to you. This week you made comments about farm murders and attacks that really upset…
Visitors at the Farmers Market in Pretoria on Saturday were touched by a portrayal of an empty food stand as part of an awareness campaign for the upcoming movie about farm murders in the country, Treurgrond, which starts in May 2015. Bea Pretorius, Head of Marketing at AfriForum, said that it was obvious from the…
Civil rights organisation AfriForum has welcomed the announcement by Minister of Police, Nkosinathi Nhleko yesterday in Parliament that farm murders should be prioritised. Minister Nhleko said in response to a parliamentary question by the Freedom Front Plus that farm attacks and farm murders should be prioritised by Government. On 26 June 2014 AfriForum submitted a…
On Tuesday and Wednesday (25 and 26 November 2014) AfriForum will attend 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 will be the fifth time that AfriForum will be attending the annual session…
AfriForum today instructed its legal team to consider options for forcing the national commissioner of police, Riah Phiyega, to release more information on farm murders to the organisation. This follows after the commissioner alleged that farm murders have declined over the past five years, while the data collected by AfriForum and TAU SA clearly indicates…
AfriForum sent an urgent request to the National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Zach Modise, regarding an internal investigation at the Barkley-East Prison in the Eastern Cape after four prisoners escaped yesterday, including two murder suspects arrested for the murder of farmer Sarel Pretorius in January 2014. Their absence was only noticed at a check count…
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…
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…
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