by AfriForum | Apr 30, 2021 | Media statements
AfriForum welcomes the fact that bail has been granted on Friday morning in the Piet Retief Magistrate’s Court to the five men that are accused of the murder of two men at the farm Pampoenkraal. Bail of R10 000 each has been granted to the five men. Ernst Roets, Head...
by AfriForum | Apr 30, 2021 | Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, regent of the Zulu people. AfriForum wants to express its deepest sympathies to the Zulu royal family and the Zulu people. “We pray that the...
by AfriForum | Apr 29, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit supported people in two separate cases in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court today after a long battle to have these cases brought before the Court. The accused being prosecuted on two charges for the murder of Ruan Coen (26) and...
by AfriForum | Apr 28, 2021 | Community Affairs Media statements, Media statements
The AfriForum branch in Centurion and the Orde van die Boshoed started on 24 April 2021 to clean up the old military cemetery in Thaba Tshwane (previously Voortrekkerhoogte). This cemetery is in a very poor condition: Building waste and home refuse are dumped...
by AfriForum | Apr 27, 2021 | Media statements
The North Gauteng High Court on Monday granted an interdict to AfriForum and Solidarity that prevents the payment of any fees from the Department of Tourism’s equity fund. The two organisations launched an urgent application to the court after the Minister of...
by AfriForum | Apr 26, 2021 | Community Affairs Media statements, Media statements
The service company Pionier and the Kgetlengrivier Concerned Residents (KCR) burned the midnight oil on Sunday evening and Monday morning to help restore the electricity and water supply in Swartruggens after the town went without electricity for days. The power...