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Bernadette Hall’s husband, David was shot dead on their dairy farm, Frischgewaagd in Fochville, North Wes ton 20 February 2012. Bernadette, her sons, Bradly and Wesley and André van den Berg embarked on a 1000km journey from Johannesburg to Ballito in KZN to create awareness about farm murders. They’re riding as the “Frischgewaagd Dirt Riders”….

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…

Although there are only three days left before the end of June, there have been – in comparison with the first six months of 2017 – a 34% increase in farm attacks during the first six months of 2018 already. According to AfriForum’s records, 33 farm murders could be verified since the start of the…

AfriForum today instructed its legal team to consider options for forcing the national commissioner of police, Riah Phiyega, to release more information on farm murders to the organisation. This follows after the commissioner alleged that farm murders have declined over the past five years, while the data collected by AfriForum and TAU SA clearly indicates…

AfriForum presented the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) with a list of ten proposals of ways to prevent farm murders. This action plan forms part of a report which AfriForum presented to the SAHRC during a public hearing about farm murders held by the commission in Johannesburg on 15 and 16 September. The following…

AfriForum today announced that 2018 has already witnessed about 109 farm attacks and about 15 farm murders in South Africa. “Our rural areas are trapped in a crime war,” says Ian Cameron, AfriForum’s Head of Safety. “Although the South African government denies that a violence crisis is staring rural areas in the face, the numbers…