Tag: AfriForum
Lack of security at DoD ammunition depot worrying AfriForum
Apparent security breaches and shortcomings at 93 Ammunition Depot are reasons for concern when the presence of what AfriForum calls “foreign militias” in South...
‘Unsafe’ SANDF bases require urgent intervention – AfriForum
Civil rights organisation AfriForum has called on Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga to immediately address “critical vulnerabilities that are jeopardising national security,”...
AfriForum seeks “equal treatment” for farm attacks and murders
While nowhere near the over 85 murders a day in South Africa, the country’s agricultural population reports a murder a week with civil rights...
SA Presidency acknowledges receipt of call for farm murder commission
The latest spate of farm killings has seen renewed calls for action including a commission of inquiry and an appeal to the national agricultural...
Farm murders slightly down
Attacks on the wider South African agricultural community dropped by 82 last year according to civil rights organisation AfriForum.
Centurion-headquartered AfriForum, via its community safety...
Defence Minister’s alleged animal cruelty case back in court next year
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise looks set to appoint defence of the legal kind as the AfriForum private prosecution unit served papers...
Questions raised about border guards
Centurion-headquartered civil rights organisation AfriForum is unhappy about the newest addition to the country’s security forces – 200 border guards appointed and deployed to...
AfriForum Neighbourhood Watch, not border patrol, in and around Musina
At no stage did civil rights organisation AfriForum indicate it has, or will, take responsibility for patrolling the Limpopo River border between South Africa...
SPCA inspectors reportedly given the “run around” by SAASIC
The latest round to be verbally fired in the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) vs SA National Defence Force (SANDF) equine abuse allegations saga...
DIRCO to appeal Cuba aid court order
The South African government’s intention to donate R50 million for Cuba, temporarily on hold following a court order, was an agenda item at last...
Farm murders increased in 2020
While the number of people murdered on farms last year is nowhere near the national toll, it is 11% higher than in 2019.
“The number...
Police reservist recruitment move gets AfriForum approval
Pretoria-headquartered civil rights organisation AfriForum welcomes – with reservations – the announcement of an increase in police reservists specifically with an eye to improving...
Farm murders now a priority crime
The SA Police Service has indicated that farm murders will be officially prioritised following a meeting between senior police management and the...
Call for emergency measures as rhino kills near 900
With year-end fast approaching, South Africa is still losing more than three rhinos a day to poachers and if the killing continues...
