The reality of farm murders in South Africa
A report on farm murders to the United Nations’ Forum for Minority Affairs 26 – 27 November 2013.
Compiled by Ernst Roets, deputy CEO of AfriForum, as part of the “How long still” campaign.
A report on farm murders to the United Nations’ Forum for Minority Affairs 26 – 27 November 2013.
Compiled by Ernst Roets, deputy CEO of AfriForum, as part of the “How long still” campaign.
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…
Media reports that the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, Senzeni Zokwana, pays his cattle herder only R26 per day, is an example of the double standards practised by die ruling ANC when it comes to farmers and farm workers. Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum, explained that AfriForum has been informed on several occasions during…
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AfriForum appealed to the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, to explain to the public why he is refusing to intervene in the farm murder crisis. This after yet another farmer was murdered on a farm outside Sabie in Mpumalanga. Paul Madison (63) and his wife, Gwyneth Madison (58) were attacked on their farm Kruisfontein yesterday…
The civil rights watchdog AfriForum today announced the first issue of this organisation’s farm safety assessment as resource for people in rural areas to secure their properties. This follows after approximately 110 farm attacks and murders in the country since the start of 2018. “This practical assessment provides an instrument to the rural community to…