AfriForum and Solidarity will today respectively serve court documents in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria in which the organisations request the courts to declare the continuation of the current state of disaster invalid. In its arguments, AfriForum states that there is currently no disaster and hence no need for a state of disaster….
AfriForum’s Head of Policy and Action, Ernst Roets, today pleaded with the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein that farm murderers face the severe punishment their heinous crime warrants. This formed part of Roets’ expert testimony on farm murders in the murder case of Sakkie (67) and Ina (62) van den Berg. The victims were…
The Solidarity Movement, including Solidarity and AfriForum, took a stand today by declaring that no further reasons exists for the current state of disaster, which has been in operation for about 22 months, to remain in force. This comes after the state of disaster was extended again by the government. According to Solidarity Movement Chairperson…
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit today hosted a conference on the decline of the criminal justice system at the AfriForum Teater. Adv. Gerrie Nel, Prof. Koos Malan, and Dr Llewelyn Curlewis were speakers at the conference. Adv. Nel highlighted concrete examples that indicate the decline of the criminal justice system as well as the role of…
The South African civil rights organisation AfriForum directed a letter to Dr Alistair Mokoena, Country Director of Google South Africa. AfriForum requests an explanation for what appears to be Google suppressing relevant articles on its search engine that deal with anti-minority racism and/or racial discrimination in South Africa. This discrepancy came to AfriForum’s attention via…
Amendments to the Promotion of Quality and the Prevention of Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (the PEPUDA) will have far-reaching consequences for all South Africans. It will also directly infringe on the rights of cultural and religious communities. The Bill will have inter alia six important consequences: New definitions of equality and discrimination. Accountability will be implemented for…
In accordance with a proposed draft amendment bill no person will in future be able to buy/own a firearm for self defence. Citizens must, within the framework of the law, be able to protect themselves and their families against criminals. This draft amendment in its current format will result in citizens being left defenceless in…
The civil rights organisation AfriForum released its latest report on farm attacks and murders at a press conference. According to the report, 2020 saw an increase in farm murders despite the fact that crime in South Africa decreased in the same year. “AfriForum’s research reports 63 farm murders in 2020, as opposed to 45 farm…
Farm murders and farm attacks have become a bigger crisis than ever before. There has been an increase in farm attacks lately, and the government’s inability to address this problem is clearly visible. Especially now during the festive season, it is important for farmers or farm owners to protect their farms, families and farm workers…
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