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

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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 releases report on ANC failures and federal solutions
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AfriForum releases report on ANC failures and federal solutions

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The civil rights organisation AfriForum today released a report on ANC failures and federal solutions. The report highlights government failures over the last couple of years which include key service delivery areas such as energy provision, policing, education and transport infrastructure. The author of the report, Reiner Duvenage, Campaign Officer for Strategy and Content at…

AfriForum granted leave to appeal against Kill the Boer hate speech case ruling
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AfriForum granted leave to appeal against Kill the Boer hate speech case ruling

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The Equality Court today granted leave to appeal in the civil rights organisation AfriForum’s Kill the Boer hate speech case against the EFF, Julius Malema and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. This application comes after the Equality Court declared in August that the chant Kill the Boer is not hate speech. Ernst van Zyl, Campaign Officer for strategy…

South African court condones communist movement’s chant that calls for the killing of minority farmers and Westerners
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South African court condones communist movement’s chant that calls for the killing of minority farmers and Westerners

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The South African civil rights organisation AfriForum’s Chief Executive for International Relations, Dr Ernst Roets, is in the USA to place the spotlight on the shocking recent South African court ruling declaring that the chant “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer” does not constitute hate speech. The word “Boer” is used interchangeably with “Afrikaner” to…

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

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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

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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…

AfriForum to appeal ruling in Malema and EFF “Kill the Boer” case
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AfriForum to appeal ruling in Malema and EFF “Kill the Boer” case

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AfriForum will appeal the verdict of the “Kill the Boer” chant hate speech case. The Equality Court has today declared that the chant “Kill the boer” is not hate speech. Ernst Roets, Head of Policy and Action at AfriForum, says that this ruling creates a very dangerous precedent. The disturbing message sent with this judgment…

Civil rights organisation AfriForum publishes new report documenting how minority communities continue to be persecuted in South Africa
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Civil rights organisation AfriForum publishes new report documenting how minority communities continue to be persecuted in South Africa

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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…

AfriForum opposes proposed bill that threatens freedom of speech in oral presentation

AfriForum opposes proposed bill that threatens freedom of speech in oral presentation

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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…

Court record shows government is actually planning to donate R350 million to Cuba

Court record shows government is actually planning to donate R350 million to Cuba

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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…

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