by AfriForum | Nov 18, 2020 | Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum will take part in the thirteenth United Nations Forum on Minority Issues on 19 and 20 November. This year’s theme is “Hate Speech, Social Media and Minorities”. AfriForum’s Head of Policy and Action, Ernst Roets, will do a...
by AfriForum | Nov 18, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
On 16 November the AfriForum neighbourhood watch in Potgietersrus together with the SAPS and other institutions found a three-year-old girl that was kidnapped during a hijacking. The neighbourhood watch received information on Monday afternoon from the SAPS of a...
by AfriForum | Nov 17, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit on 16 November held a constructive meeting with Col. Phillip Abakhole Maluleke, the Commander of the Brooklyn Police Station’s detective branch, as well as the family of the man that was found dead in a bathroom in Menlyn Mall in...
by AfriForum | Nov 17, 2020 | Community Affairs Media statements, Media statements
The AfriForum branch in Nelspruit assisted the Pro Gratia School to repair its classrooms as part of the civil rights organisation’s #YourTown project. The Pro Gratia School near Nelspruit is a school for learners with learning disabilities. The school is under...
by AfriForum | Nov 16, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The National Prosecution Authority (NPA) will reinstitute the action against Khumbulani Malinga after AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit intervened in the case. In March 2019 Khumbulani ran down Lizel Visagie who later died of her injuries in Middelburg. He must...
by AfriForum | Nov 16, 2020 | Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum supports Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Members’ Council in its decision not to appoint the interim board proposed by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture. This comes after Minister Nathi Mthethwa appointed a new interim board...
