by AfriForum | Jul 31, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is saddened by the crime statistics released by Bheki Cele, Minister of Police. Shock and surprise no longer come into play, as violent crime has since become the standard, not the exception. Small increases or decreases no...
by AfriForum | Jul 28, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Media statements, Neighbourhood watches Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is saddened by the triple farm murder that took place near Hartswater in the Northern Cape. The scene was only discovered yesterday (27 July), but indications are that the attack took place on Sunday, 26 July 2020 and that the...
by AfriForum | Jul 17, 2020 | Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
AfriForum and the organisation’s Trauma Support Unit welcome the sentence imposed by Judge David Makoba on two farm attackers in the North Gauteng High Court today. The two accused, Julius Mapayi Goncalves and Jossias Nhalungo, both from Mozambique, each received two...
by AfriForum | Jul 8, 2020 | Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum announced an intensified campaign against farm murders today. It also directed an open letter to Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa, in which it demands the President to intervene. Ten practical steps that government should take to combat...
by AfriForum | Mar 25, 2020 | Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
AfriForum welcomes the decision by the Northern Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 24 March 2020 to find Justice Sethlangu guilty of the murder of Johan Heunis, murdered husband of Mariandra Heunis. AfriForum’s Trauma Support Unit has been supporting Mariandra and her...
by AfriForum | Feb 19, 2020 | Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the family farming organisation Saai released and discussed AfriForum’s 2019 statistics on farm attacks and murders at a media conference today. It seems from the data that AfriForum collected on this issue that farm attacks...
