AfriForum today attended the second court appearance of the accused in the murder of an elderly couple from Barkly-East. Thulani Mkhentane (22), a Lesotho national, has withdrawn his bail application and will remain in custody until his next court appearance on 28 November. “The investigation continues. We would like to compliment the Barkly-East police for…
A cold shoulder “Listen to me when I hand you this volume. I’m not giving it to you because I am white. I’m giving it to you because I am a South African and because you have a responsibility to protect all South Africans – including farmers.” Those were the words of Belinda van Noord…
AfriForum het vandag beeldmateriaal van ’n plaasaanval by ’n blitskonferensie in Centurion aan die media beskikbaar gestel. Hierdie materiaal sal deel vorm van die voorlegging oor plaasmoorde wat AfriForum op 26 en 27 November by die Verenigde Nasies se Forum vir Minderheidsaangeleenthede in Geneve, Switzerland gaan indien. Hoewel die beeldmateriaal nie geweld bevat nie, sal…
The murderers of Ernest (77) and Annetjie (76) van Rooyen were each handed two life sentences last week. Oupa Mokoena (47) and Ezekiele Mguni (30) murdered the couple in January of this year on their farm Somerset near Parys in the Free State. Ernest’s body was found on the floor of their farm store –…
The growth in the AfriForum membership has made it possible for the organisation to fix its attention on the international public. This is also the reason why AfriForum addressed the Forum on Minority Affairs of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. It is no longer necessary to explain to the readers of this blog that…
AfriForum today said the events which took place during the past week confirm that farm murders cannot be stemmed by applying the normal legal processes, and that only a focussed counterstrategy will offer a sustainable solution to the crisis. Hennie Bentley (73) and Gerrit Myburgh (78) were murdered in the past week, the same week…
AfriForum will announce an action plan next week, intensifying its campaign for prioritising farm murders. The organisation is worried that the escalation in farm murders and attacks in 2013 will continue and worsen in 2014. During the past four days at least five farm attacks had taken place. In the latest incident, a farmer and…
I am confronted with the reality of crime on a daily basis … “Ordinary” murders, farm murders, farm attacks, poor service by the police and the National Prosecuting Authority, and many other challenges mark my days. People always ask me: “Does it not bother you?” or “How do you cope?” If I say that it…
AfriForum has announced its escalated campaign against farm murders in Centurion today. This follows after the wave of farm attacks which swept the country since the beginning of the year. Since the beginning of 2014, 24 incidents on farms and smallholdings were reported to AfriForum, and three farmers were murdered. The action plan includes an…
AfriForum today announced that the civil rights organization will launch an intensified campaign next month against government’s refusal to prioritise farm murders. The organization is currently compiling a document, titled “The Mthethwa Docket”. The document contains details of ten events in the past two years where victims of farm attacks and citizens whose loved-ones were…
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