Farm Murders: Widow’s message to America

The civil rights organisation AfriForum’s community safety team this past week spent a day with the Engelbrecht family near Fochville after two members of this family – Fanie (78) and Colleen (74) – were brutally murdered during a farm attack on 13 May. A German public TV broadcaster – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) – accompanied…

The community of Barkly-East in the Eastern Cape approached AfriForum to intervene after an elderly couple was brutally murdered on their farm in the district. AfriForum again appealed to the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, to prioritise farm murders, but also indicated that the organisation will take the initiative by establishing local security networks in…

AfriForum’s response in reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement that those who would like to mobilise the international community against “their own country”, should “come back home for inclusive dialogue”, is that the President should not confuse South Africa’s interests with the ANC’s policies. According to Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, the latter organisation is…

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…