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...
by AfriForum | Jul 28, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Media statements, Neighbourhood watches Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is saddened by the triple farm murder that took place near Hartswater in the Northern Cape. The scene was only discovered yesterday (27 July), but indications are that the attack took place on Sunday, 26 July 2020 and that the...
by AfriForum | Jul 24, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
AfriForum today directed a letter to Lt Gen Yolisa Matakata, Western Cape Police Commissioner, in which the organisation requests reasons for the unnecessary, excessive force used on members of the tourism industry. The organisation is shocked by the brutality used by...
by AfriForum | Jul 24, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum haven’t received any correspondence from the SAPS and the Government Printing Works (GPW) after a letter sent by the organisation’s legal team on 17 July 2020 about the delay in the printing of firearm licences. The organisation...
by AfriForum | Jun 25, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum has come to the assistance of the Elandsfontein community, south of Johannesburg, to help remove over 500 land grabbers who had started illegally appropriating pieces of land, marking out hundreds of pieces of land and erecting...
