Farm Murders

AfriForum today renewed its pleas to government to declare farm murders a priority crime and establish specialist units for rural safety. This came after the deaths of Andrew and Loryn Monakane (both 39) who were brutally murdered on their farm Graigmont near Dewetsdorp in the Free State. According to the register kept by AfriForum the…

AfriForum appointed a researcher to conduct a comprehensive study to find answers to the mysteries surrounding farm murders. The study will include over 100 case studies across South Africa. AfriForum has called on the public to contact the civil rights organisation if they have personally been affected by farm attacks or if they have any…

24 October 2012 In the light of Mthethwa’s continued lack of concern with farm murders, AfriForum informed the Minister’s office that the organisation proposed to hold a demonstration in front of the Minister’s office together with the victims of the farm attacks. During a phone conversation on 23 October 2012 the Minister’s spokesperson, Zweli Mnisi,…

Media reports that the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, Senzeni Zokwana, pays his cattle herder only R26 per day, is an example of the double standards practised by die ruling ANC when it comes to farmers and farm workers. Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum, explained that AfriForum has been informed on several occasions during…

National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega is not in touch with the realities playing out on South African farms. This is the view of AfriForum after Gen Phiyega today told the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) that the perceptions of people regarding farm murders should be managed. In response to questions from the SAHRC, Gen…

4 October 2012 AfriForum addressed a letter highlighting the reality of farm murders to a number of international organisations. A copy of the letter was also delivered by hand to a representative of the State President. The memorandum provide a brief summary of a number of facts about farm murders. The President’s intervention was requested….

AfriForum will release a report on Thursday in which the brutality of farm murders is depicted. The International Rehabilitation Council for Victims of Torture has also given AfriForum the undertaking that they will study the report. The report will be introduced on 26 June – the day which has been proclaimed by the United Nations…

AfriForum issued a warning to the Belfast rural community after an alleged farm murderer, Petros Mamaru (24), also known as Piet, escaped from the Belfast police holding cells the past weekend. Piet, together with two other criminals, escaped from the cells between 17:00 and 17:40 on Saturday, 4 October by cutting a hole in the…

The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the agricultural union TAU SA today announced the statistics for farm attacks and farm murders committed during 2014 at a joint media conference in Centurion. A total of 277 farm attacks of which the details could be verified by the two organisations were carried out during 2014. A total…

The Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission, Adv Lawrence Mushwana confirmed to AfriForum in a letter that the Commission has come to a decision to hold a public trial regarding farm murders. The decision was made at a session of all the commissioners of the SAHRC after considering a formal request by AfriForum….