by AfriForum | Aug 6, 2019 | Safety Media statements, Media statements, Expropriation Media statements
It is with great concern that AfriForum takes notice of the R1,7 billion that was paid to 37 920 people as financial compensation after most of these applicants had taken no interest in the land concerned but had rather preferred financial compensation. The report...
by AfriForum | Aug 6, 2019 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is making a plea to the Addo and Kirkwood communities to sharpen their safety and readiness. These areas have been ravaged by seven farm attacks since the end of March. In the most recent incident, on 1 August approximately...
by AfriForum | Aug 2, 2019 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum expresses serious concern over reports that allege that the SAPS withdrew from the Johannesburg CBD riots to avoid bloodshed, without making any arrests. In essence, the SAPS therewith confirmed that their tactics with regard to...
by AfriForum | Jul 31, 2019 | Safety Media statements, Media statements, Expropriation Media statements
The sheriff of the court and the SAPS started at the end of last week to remove illegal and unwanted structures from Mr. Fernando Goncalves’s land outside Rustenburg. This follows AfriForum’s urgent high court application in Mahikeng to obtain a court order to...
by AfriForum | Jul 29, 2019 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is making a plea to Lt Gen. Khela Sitole, National Police Commissioner, to appoint a seasoned policeman in the vacant position of Western Cape Police Commissioner. After weeks of speculation, the news officially broke this...
by AfriForum | Jul 24, 2019 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is of the opinion that Lt Gen. Khela Sitole, National Police Commissioner, is grasping at straws if he truly believes effective policing in South Africa is dependent on an additional 62 000 police officers, as reported by The...