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AfriForum requests urgent discussion with Police Minister over farm murders and land grabs
AfriForum on 7 March 2018 sent a request to Genl. Bheki Cele, the new Minister of Police, with a view to arrange a meeting to discuss farm murders and illegal land occupation. This follows after numerous remarks from political circles since the beginning of the year over the expropriation of land without compensation. “Political remarks that increasingly…
AfriForum submitted its comments on the proposed policy on the selection of beneficiaries and allocation of land today, and reiterated that the civil rights organisation intended launching several legal actions against expropriation without compensation, if necessary. In the legal opinion that AfriForum submitted to the Director-General of Rural Development and Land Reform today, it is…
AfriForum says facts show that the disregard of property rights and farm murders is a serious threat in South Africa
The civil rights organisation AfriForum said today at a media conference in Pretoria that the information which this organisation is currently spreading in the international community on expropriation without compensation and farm murders, is based on facts that confirm that there is a serious threat to property rights and human lives in South Africa. This…
AfriForum releases blitz guide against land occupation
AfriForum and AfriBusiness released a guide on land occupation in Pretoria today. The civil rights organisation emphasised at the conference that communities must protect their properties themselves and should not count on Government. This statement is strengthened by changing bills on land expropriation, as well as Government statements that increasingly mirror a Zimbabwean land reform…
AfriForum says true significance of 2018 SONA will only become evident once Ramaphosa honeymoon ends
In response to the 2018 State of the Nation Address (SONA) just delivered by Pres Cyril Ramaphosa, AfriForum stated that it will only be possible to judge its contents properly once the President’s political honeymoon comes to an end and the real meaning of his references to, amongst other issues, transformation and land expropriation become…
South African farmers are indeed in a serious crisis – Ernst Roets
The New York Times responded to the recent tweet by President Donald Trump on the situation in South Africa with two scathing articles: One by Kimon de Greef and Palko Karasz, who argue that the President’s tweet was based on ‘false claims’; the other by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Norimitsu Onishi, who argue that the…

