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The sentences of two convicted farm attackers, who brutally attacked Pieter and Henriëtta Botes on their Mpumalanga farm, Remhoogte in 2011, were reduced with 15 years. This, after a judge of the North Gauteng High Court ruled that the magistrate who sentenced them to 35 consecutive years’ imprisonment “overemphasized the gravity of the crime”. “The…

AfriForum is to lay charges against the Minister of Police, Nkosinathi Nhleko, the National Police Commissioner, Gen Riah Phiyega and the Tshwane Metro Police, after representatives of this organisation and victims whose loved ones were recently murdered on farms, were today pushed around by police officers and threatened with arrest in front of the Minister’s…

AfriForum will soon send a request to the new Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, in a bid to submit practical steps in combatting farm attacks and murders. “The country has already witnessed more than 90 farm attacks this year, with about 10 murders on farms. This is already more than for the same period last…

AfriForum created a platform where members of the public can add their support to the 1995 World Cup Springbok rugby team’s appeal to the South African Rugby Union (SARU). In this appeal, the former Springboks request a moment of silence for all victims of farm murders and violent crimes before next Saturday’s Currie Cup final…

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…