Minority communities in South Africa are experiencing new levels of discrimination and persecution. A new report by the civil rights organisation AfriForum and the think tank Opinor details how this is taking place. The report is a follow-up of the 2020 The World Must Know report, published by AfriForum. The report was published as part…
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today made a critical oral presentation before the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on the proposed Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. These comments are about the 2019 version of the proposed bill. In 2019 and 2021, AfriForum submitted written comments against this proposed…
The court record in AfriForum’s case against the R50 million Cuba donation, shows the grand total of the donation to actually be R350 million and not just R50 million. This was revealed after the civil rights organisation’s legal team requested the court record as part of its review application. According to the record, the government…
The civil rights organisation AfriForum’s campaign to inform the world of the crisis in South Africa and to gain international support for AfriForum’s projects, will be continued in Europe in the coming weeks. As part of this initiative, Ernst Roets, Head of Policy and Action at AfriForum, is on a liaison tour in the Netherlands…
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today released a comprehensive report on farm attacks and farm murders during a media conference. The report provides an overview of the characteristics of farm murders over the last six years (from 2016 to 2021). During this period 364 farm murders could be verified. In its report, AfriForum highlights the…
One of the most influential politicians on the African continent, and particularly in South Africa, Julius Malema, testified today that he might someday call for the slaughtering of white people in South Africa. The civil rights organisation AfriForum’s hate speech case against Malema, the president of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, another leader…
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…
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