by AfriForum | Apr 12, 2021 | Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum gave its legal team instruction to serve an application under the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) on the Department of Health. This follows after the Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize, admitted on social media last...
by AfriForum | Apr 11, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s private prosecution unit, Adv. Phyllis Vorster, prosecutor, and Andrew Leask, chief investigator at the unit, are in Botswana this week in connection with the prosecution of Welheminah Mphoeng Maswabi in this country. AfriForum...
by AfriForum | Apr 9, 2021 | Safety Media statements, Media statements, Neighbourhood watches Media statements
The AfriForum neighbourhood watch in Bultfontein on 1 April 2021 arrested five suspects on a farm bordering the town for both attempted cattle theft and theft. The neighbourhood watch was informed that an attempted cattle theft took place on a farm, after which...
by AfriForum | Apr 8, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The National Prosecuting Authority informed AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit that it will be prosecuting – on murder charges – the driver of the vehicle that crashed into the car in which Ruan Coen (26) and Jessika Kennedy (25) were driving on 23 December 2017....
by AfriForum | Apr 8, 2021 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum’s control room for Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga in March 2021 reported and handled more than 900 incidents. The control room also supported AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches in these provinces. The purpose of the control room is to strengthen AfriForum...
by AfriForum | Apr 7, 2021 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
The AfriForum neighbourhood watches in Limpopo held several visibility projects during the long weekend. Easter weekend always brings an added risk for road users and holidaymakers due to higher traffic volumes as well as an increase in crime. The AfriForum...
