by AfriForum | Aug 7, 2020 | Media statements, Heritage and culture Media statements
AfriForum and representatives of the Voortrekker Monument Draf & Stap Klub presented the Voortrekker Monument with a donation of R25 000 this morning. This amount is the proceeds of the 2020 AfriForum Springbok Vasbyt Road Race organised by the club and sponsored...
by AfriForum | Aug 7, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit supported Leonie Kambouris on 5 August to lay a criminal complaint of abuse at the Benoni police station. This follows the police’s refusal to help her when she tried to lay a complaint in July this year after having obtained a...
by AfriForum | Aug 6, 2020 | Community Affairs Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum on 5 August 2020 directed an urgent letter to the Tshwane Metro regarding raw sewage being dumped in various neighbourhoods in Pretoria. Residents and role-players in Waverley, the Moot, Môregloed, Villieria, Rietfontein, Valhalla and Mayville approached...
by AfriForum | Aug 4, 2020 | Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today directed a formal letter to Parliament to request a public hearing on farm murders. The letter is directed to Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police, after a sharp increase...
by AfriForum | Jul 31, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
AfriForum welcomes the new firearm amnesty period that was approved by the National Assembly on 30 July 2020. The new amnesty will be in place from 1 August 2020 to 31 January 2021. During the lockdown AfriForum and its legal team put continuous pressure on Bheki...
by AfriForum | Jul 31, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is saddened by the crime statistics released by Bheki Cele, Minister of Police. Shock and surprise no longer come into play, as violent crime has since become the standard, not the exception. Small increases or decreases no...
