Mediakonferensie rakende onteiening sonder vergoeding en plaasmoorde: Alana Bailey

An emotional and heart-breaking scene took place this afternoon on the farm Vaalbank, outside Bronkhorstspruit, where Duncan Nyawo, the walker-against-farm-murders, met his namesake, Dr Duncan Prinsloo, who was a victim of a brutal farm attack during which his wife was shot dead. Prinsloo, a farmer and veterinarian, is paralysed in the lower part of his…

The New York Times responded to the recent tweet by President Donald Trump on the situation in South Africa with two scathing articles: One by Kimon de Greef and Palko Karasz, who argue that the President’s tweet was based on ‘false claims’; the other by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Norimitsu Onishi, who argue that the…

AfriForum, together with a victim whose husband was recently murdered in a farm attack, will submit a volume of complaints to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) tomorrow, requesting the Commission to initiate a formal public hearing on farm murders, with specific focus on the don’t-care-attitude of the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, toward…

AfriForum this morning submitted criminal charges against six individuals who are instigating people through social media to commit farm murders, to murder white people or who allege that they intend to do it themselves. Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum explained that the civil rights organisation has received several complaints about the threats from their…

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 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…