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AfriForum lays criminal charges regarding racist attacks on social media
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today submitted criminal charges against two police officials and a former member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) after they used social media to incite farm attacks and/or romanticise violence against farmers and minorities. AfriForum says that these incidents can be considered a form of complicity by the…
AfriForum address UN’s Forum on Minority Issues in Genève on farm murders and violence against minorities
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…
National month of protest against farm murders
The civil rights organisation AfriForum has declared November 2015 as a national month of protest against farm murders. Various actions will be launched during November that will focus on increasing international pressure on the South African Government to prioritise farm murders. AfriForum requests the public to show their support for this campaign by visiting the…
Dr Werner Emslie farm murder: Suspect at large
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…
AfriForum announces intensified action plan against farm murders
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…
Farm murders to be prioritised
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…