Kallie Kriel – Plaasmoorde

The civil rights watchdog AfriForum, today requested Police Minister, Fikile Mbalula, to urgently intervene in the South African Police Union’s (SAPU) planned nationwide strike involving the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) 10111 call centre personnel, claiming salary increases. Oscar Skommere, Deputy General Secretary of SAPU, says that hundreds of 10111 personnel will strike as from…

The civil rights organisation AfriForum once again made an appeal to the Minister of Police, Nkosinathi Nhleko, to prioritise farm murders. This follows after an elderly couple and a friend of them were attacked this weekend on their game farm close to Thabazimbi. Bruno Res (73) was shot in the arm and his wife Petru…

30 November 2012 AfriForum has declared 1 December to be a National Day of Protest against farm murders. In a coordinated effort in the run up to 1 December AfriForum’s local structures and victims of farm attacks submitted more than 100 memorandums to police stations across South Africa. The memorandum demand stronger interventions against farm…

AfriForum today launched a report wherein serious negligence of police officers regarding the investigations of farm attacks is exposed. Various victims of farm attacks attended the event and explained how their rights have been infringed as a result of bad police work. One of the victims, Bernadette Hall told how two attackers were found not…