by AfriForum | Feb 10, 2020 | Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
AfriForum’s Trauma Support Unit last week supported the family of Fanie and Colleen Engelbrecht at the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court in the East Rand after the couple was brutally murdered during a farm attack in 2018. Julius Mapayi Goncalves (24) and Jossias Nhalungo...
by AfriForum | Jan 28, 2020 | Media statements, International liaison Media statements, Corruption Media statements, Farm murders Media statements, Expropriation Media statements
The South African civil rights organisation AfriForum today launched a comprehensive campaign for the protection of civil rights in South Africa. Various countries on almost all continents will be visited as part of the campaign. Issues on which the campaign will...
by AfriForum | Nov 7, 2019 | Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
AfriForum welcomes the heavy sentence imposed on Jeffrey Thompson after being found guilty on 15 charges, among these the murder of Piet and Elmien Steyn of Bonnievale in December 2018. Thompson received two life sentences, as well as a further 58 years and six months...
by AfriForum | Sep 12, 2019 | Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum welcomed the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) inclusion of farm murders in its 2018/2019 crime statistics under the header of “Violence at farms and smallholdings”. At the same time, the organisation appeals to SAPS to...
by AfriForum | Jul 25, 2019 | Uncategorised, Media statements, International liaison Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
For the attention of foreign and international media reporting on South Africa The South African civil rights organisation AfriForum wishes to inform the media that official statistics released by the South African Police Service (SAPS) indicate that attacks on South...
by AfriForum | Jul 25, 2019 | Media statements, International liaison Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
AfriForum appealed to the international and foreign media to report on the increase in farm murders and attacks in South Africa. This follows after various international and foreign media gave significant attention to the false claim that the incidence of South...
