AfriForum welcomes judgment that affirms right to SA citizenship
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AfriForum welcomes judgment that affirms right to SA citizenship

The civil rights organisation AfriForum welcomes a watershed judgment handed down in the Supreme Court of Appeal yesterday which determines that many South Africans abroad will have their South African citizenship reinstated, which inter alia means that they will be able to participate in the South African national elections in 2024. The Supreme Court of…

Farm attacks still high, arrests and trust in police low
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Farm attacks still high, arrests and trust in police low

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today launched its annual farm murder report for 2022. The report compares the number of farm murders with the number of suspects apprehended. According to AfriForum, it is worrying that only 33% of murder suspects are arrested. According to the report, farm attacks decreased in the past year from 415…

Success –AfriForum and Solidarity stop racist Tourism Fund in Constitutional Court

Success –AfriForum and Solidarity stop racist Tourism Fund in Constitutional Court

AfriForum and Solidarity managed to deal a final blow to the Department of Tourism’s discriminatory Tourism Fund. This comes after this department had appealed against the 2021 Supreme Court of Appeal’s 2021 ruling in favour of AfriForum and Solidarity in terms of which the use of black economic empowerment (BEE) as criteria for granting relief…

AfriForum brings further international attention to hate speech and discrimination against minorities in South Africa at United Nations
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AfriForum brings further international attention to hate speech and discrimination against minorities in South Africa at United Nations

The civil rights organisation AfriForum handed in a report today in person at the offices of the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneve, Switzerland. This report forms part of AfriForum’s established and growing international awareness campaign. AfriForum today also took part in the fifteenth session of the United Nations…

AfriForum continues #TheWorldMustKnow campaign in USA
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AfriForum continues #TheWorldMustKnow campaign in USA

AfriForum’s Head of Policy and Action, Dr Ernst Roets, leaves for the USA on Friday 9 September to continue the civil rights organisation’s #TheWorldMustKnow campaign. During this visit, the spotlight will be placed in particular on the recent court ruling in which it was declared that the chant “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer” is…

AfriForum informs UN about problems and solutions in South Africa
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AfriForum informs UN about problems and solutions in South Africa

The civil rights organisation AfriForum submitted two submissions to the United Nations (UN) on its work. Firstly, AfriForum submitted a written submission for the 51st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, which will take place from 12 September to 7 October. This submission focuses on the problems caused by government failure and the…

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