by AfriForum | Nov 26, 2020 | Media statements, Heritage and culture Media statements
AfriForum is in favour of communities getting to know and appreciate their history better, but questions the intended plan of the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, to make History a compulsory school subject. According to Alana Bailey, AfriForum’s...
by AfriForum | Nov 26, 2020 | Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit currently supports Verna Cloete, the plaintiff in the criminal case against Gerald Hattingh, a magistrate in the Bellville area. The case was postponed on 25 November 2020 to 10 and 11 February 2021 in the Bellville Magistrate’s...
by AfriForum | Nov 25, 2020 | Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
After being invited, representatives of AfriForum today attended the South African National Civic Organisation’s (SANCO) protest against various issues, including farm murders. Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, was present and delivered a speech at the Union Buildings...
by AfriForum | Nov 25, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The inquest into the death of Suraya Deedat and her four children in a house fire in 2011 will proceed on 7 December 2020 in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, is representing the family of Suraya and...
by AfriForum | Nov 25, 2020 | Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum and Solidarity trade union today laid criminal charges of defamation, conspiracy to incite violence and assault by means of threats at the Lyttelton police station against Julius Malema, leader of the EFF. More than 1 000 police...
by AfriForum | Nov 24, 2020 | Environmental Affairs, Media statements
AfriForum today learnt that the proposed coal mine that was planned by Manzolwandle Investments in close proximity to the Kruger National Park, has been stopped in its tracks. The Department of Minerals and Energy sent a document stating the rejection of the...
