Skep Moed

4 October 2012 AfriForum addressed a letter highlighting the reality of farm murders to a number of international organisations. A copy of the letter was also delivered by hand to a representative of the State President. The memorandum provide a brief summary of a number of facts about farm murders. The President’s intervention was requested….

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…

AfriForum and Elize Perrin, whose brother, Mauritz Oberholzer, was murdered on his farm in September last year, submitted a volume comprising 10 complaints to the SA Human Rights Commission on Thursday, 30 May 2013. What is AfriForum asking from the SAHRC and what is their feedback? Esmarie Prinsloo interviews Ernst Roets on the issue. Post…

It was announced today at a joint media conference of AfriForum and the acting National Police Commissioner, Lt Gen Khomotso Phahlane, that farm murders will be officially prioritised. This conference follows a joint workshop attended by AfriForum and Phahlane. Various steps will be taken, which comes down to a focused strategy against farm murders. The…

It has come to the attention of AfriForum that in Limpopo, the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal, police are unlawfully insisting that community members report at police stations, following their involvement in this week’s #BlackMonday protests across the country. “Police are now busy with politics and their violation of people’s civil rights testifies to their inability…