Media statements

27/11/2025
Diplomatic crisis with the US is in no one’s interest – AfriForum

The civil rights organisation AfriForum says the current diplomatic crisis with the US is not in anyone’s interest in South…

13/08/2025
AfriForum welcomes US State Department report confirming persecution of minority groups, threats to property rights

According to the civil rights organisation AfriForum, the detailed report published by the US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human…

29/07/2025
US investigation confirms farm murders are not “ordinary crimes” – AfriForum

AfriForum this morning again called for the prioritisation of farm attacks after an investigation into farm attacks by the US…

17/07/2025
Leandra farm attack: AfriForum welcomes heavy sentences for three attackers

AfriForum welcomes the heavy sentences imposed today by the Evander Magistrate’s Court on three men who attacked and robbed a…

04/06/2025
NPA’s inaction in 81-year-old farmer’s murder case a disgraceful failure of justice

Soundbite: Jacques Broodryk (English) Soundbite: Jacques Broodryk (Afrikaans) AfriForum maintains that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is guilty of a…

28/05/2025
Ramaphosa violates UN Genocide Convention by failing to condemn “Kill the Boer”

AfriForum says that the fact that President Cyril Ramaphosa once again refused yesterday to condemn the “Kill the Boer, kill…

23/05/2025
Police Minister tries to mislead about land grabs – AfriForum

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s wordplay during today’s publication of the latest quarterly crime statistics was, according to civil rights organisation…

14/05/2025
Ramaphosa responsible for Afrikaner exodus – AfriForum

Soundbite: Kallie Kriel (English) Soundbite: Kallie Kriel (Afrikaans) AfriForum today criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for insulting Afrikaner refugees by calling…

22/04/2025
AfriForum’s new tracking course a milestone for rural safety

Soundbite: Jacques Broodryk (English) Soundbite: Jacques Broodryk (Afrikaans) AfriForum reached an important milestone this past week with the launch of…

09/04/2025
AfriForum makes urgent submission for prioritisation of farm attacks under the Police Act

Soundbite: Jacques Broodryk (English) Soundbite: Jacques Broodryk (Afrikaans) AfriForum made an urgent submission to the National Police Commissioner, General Fannie…

27/03/2025
AfriForum condemns Constitutional Court’s legalisation of “Kill the Boer”

The civil rights organisation AfriForum has strongly condemned the Constitutional Court’s decision to legalise calls for the murder of Afrikaners…

27/03/2025
Farm murders: AfriForum hits back over minister distorting facts

AfriForum today criticised Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s misrepresentation of the content of a meeting between AfriForum and the…

27/03/2025
President’s failure to condemn “Kill the Boer” shows his tacit approval of calls for violence against Afrikaners – AfriForum

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cold reaction and refusal to condemn “Kill the Boer” show that he gives his unspoken approval to…

25/03/2025
AfriForum urges President Ramaphosa to publicly condemn hateful “Kill the Boer” chant

The civil rights organisation AfriForum wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa today to take an unapologetic stance against hateful chants like…

12/09/2023
More than 95% of all farm attacks and murder incidents still unsolved

Out of the 1 402 farm attacks and farm murder incidents recorded by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in…

04/09/2023
AfriForum stands up against EFF’s “Kill the Boer” chant in Supreme Court of Appeal

The civil rights organisation AfriForum is in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein today to appeal the Equality Court’s…

29/08/2023
Attackers chant “Kill the Boer, kill the Farmer” before stabbing female victim with spear

A couple from Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal were severely assaulted on their farm while their attackers shouted, “Kill the Boer, kill…

18/08/2023
Factually incorrect police statistics about farm murders raise serious questions

The civil rights organisation AfriForum has blasted the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) statistics on farm murders for the second…

05/06/2023
Brutal farm killings force communities to mobilize while government turns a blind eye

The civil rights organisation AfriForum urgently appeals to farmers and rural residents to step up their security and preparedness. According…

22/05/2023
77 farm attacks in the first 90 days of 2023

AfriForum’s farm murder report for the first quarter of 2023 indicates that at least 77 farm attacks, nine of which…

28/02/2023
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…

23/08/2022
AfriForum conference offers legal certainty to farmers

The civil rights organisation AfriForum hosted a conference today in Pretoria with the aim of creating more legal certainty for…

03/03/2022
364 farm murders in six years, only 33% of those arrested convicted

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today released a comprehensive report on farm attacks and farm murders during a media conference….

22/02/2022
Gouws-case: Eyewitness account points to accused drugging rape victim

Gavin Donnolly, a yearlong friend of Celeste Gouws, today in the Regional Court in Somerset East testified in the trial…

17/02/2022
Prominent South African politician testifies that he may call for slaughtering of white people

One of the most influential politicians on the African continent, and particularly in South Africa, Julius Malema, testified today that…

26/01/2022
AfriForum: Farm murderers must be punished severely

AfriForum’s Head of Policy and Action, Ernst Roets, today pleaded with the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein that farm…

19/11/2021
AfriForum to consider private prosecution of Brendin Horner murder accused

The civil rights organisation AfriForum says developments in the Brendin Horner case are very concerning for several reasons. The two…

12/05/2021
FARM MURDERS ON THE INCREASE AGAIN

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today released its latest statistics regarding farm attacks. Since April last year, there have been…

17/02/2021
Inquest into Deedat deaths in house fire almost completed

Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, cross-examined another fire expert on 15 and 16 February 2021 in…

17/02/2021
AfriForum releases farm attack and murder statistics for 2020  

The civil rights organisation AfriForum released its latest report on farm attacks and murders at a press conference today. According…

05/02/2021
AFRIFORUM BRINGS THE EFFECT OF FARM MURDERS ON MINORS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE UN

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today sent a comprehensive letter to the UN in which the devastating effect that farm…

26/01/2021
AFRIFORUM PROPOSES TEN PRACTICAL STEPS AGAINST FARM MURDERS AT GOVERNMENTAL RURAL SAFETY WORKSHOP

AfriForum proposed ten practical steps at a governmental workshop on rural and urban safety that will effectively combat the scourge…

25/11/2020
AfriForum delivers speech at SANCO’s protest against farm murders

After being invited, representatives of AfriForum today attended the South African National Civic Organisation’s (SANCO) protest against various issues, including…

16/11/2020
Wreath-laying ceremony in memory of victims of farm murders

AfriForum on 16 November held a wreath-laying ceremony at its head office in Centurion in solidarity with the event held by…

10/11/2020
AfriForum demands that farm murders become a priority for government

Yet another cruel attack on a father and son on a farm in the Free State confirms that farm murders…

22/10/2020
AfriForum requests urgent meeting with Ramaphosa

AfriForum directed an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa today in which the civil rights organisation requests an urgent meeting…

16/10/2020
AfriForum holds peaceful protest action in Senekal

The civil rights organisation AfriForum addressed its supporters in Senekal today at a peaceful protest against farm murders. This follows…

15/10/2020
Arrangements for AfriForum’s protest action against farm murders in Senekal  

The civil rights organisation AfriForum’s members and supporters will gather at the area next to the Kommando N5 Restaurant in…

12/10/2020
Letters not enough to resolve farm murder crisis  

The civil rights organisation AfriForum responded to Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s circular, in which he reacts to the murder of Brendin…

07/10/2020
Ramaphosa, Cele must accept responsibility for Senekal

Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa and Bheki Cele, Minister of Police, must accept responsibility for events in Senekal yesterday during the first…

06/10/2020
Farm murders a form of terror, says AfriForum  

The civil rights organisation AfriForum addressed the community of Senekal today and branded farm attacks and murders as a form…

22/09/2020
AfriForum reprimands Cele over prioritisation of farm murders; intensifies campaign

AfriForum reacted sharply today to the statement by Bheki Cele, Minister of Police, that farm murders should not be priority…

25/08/2020
AfriForum requests cooperation with National Police Commissioner to combat farm murders

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today sent a request to Lt Gen. Khehla John Sitole, the National Police Commissioner, for…

18/08/2020
Van Zyl farm attack: AfriForum participates in Naboomspruit protest convoy

AfriForum’s safety structures participated in a protest convoy against farm attacks today in Naboomspruit, where three suspects of a farm…

07/08/2020
Dendron attack: AfriForum participates in protest convoy

AfriForum’s safety structures were part of about 500 vehicles that participated in a protest convoy today. The convoy comprised various…

04/08/2020
AfriForum requests parliamentary hearing into farm murders

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today directed a formal letter to Parliament to request a public hearing on farm murders….

31/07/2020
South Africa suffers from two epidemics: COVID-19 and crime

The civil rights organisation AfriForum is saddened by the crime statistics released by Bheki Cele, Minister of Police. Shock and…

28/07/2020
Hartswater attack: AfriForum neighbourhood watches, SAPS and community structures arrest farm murder suspects

The civil rights organisation AfriForum is saddened by the triple farm murder that took place near Hartswater in the Northern…

17/07/2020
Farm attackers sentenced for murder of Engelbrecht couple

AfriForum and the organisation’s Trauma Support Unit welcome the sentence imposed by Judge David Makoba on two farm attackers in…

08/07/2020
AfriForum announces intensified campaign against farm murders; demands action from Ramaphosa

The civil rights organisation AfriForum announced an intensified campaign against farm murders today. It also directed an open letter to…

25/03/2020
Heunis farm attack: Suspect found guilty

AfriForum welcomes the decision by the Northern Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 24 March 2020 to find Justice Sethlangu…

19/02/2020
AfriForum and Saai: SA has a farm attack epidemic; farmers more prepared

The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the family farming organisation Saai released and discussed AfriForum’s 2019 statistics on farm attacks…

10/02/2020
AfriForum supports family at court after farm attack

AfriForum’s Trauma Support Unit last week supported the family of Fanie and Colleen Engelbrecht at the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court…

28/01/2020
#TheWorldMustKnow: AfriForum announces comprehensive international campaign against civil rights violations in South Africa

The South African civil rights organisation AfriForum today launched a comprehensive campaign for the protection of civil rights in South…

07/11/2019
AfriForum welcomes heavy sentence for farm murderer

AfriForum welcomes the heavy sentence imposed on Jeffrey Thompson after being found guilty on 15 charges, among these the murder…

12/09/2019
AfriForum welcomes inclusion of farm murders in SAPS crime statistics; calls for more detail

The civil rights organisation AfriForum welcomed the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) inclusion of farm murders in its 2018/2019 crime…

25/07/2019
South African Police Service statistics indicate an increase in farm murders

For the attention of foreign and international media reporting on South Africa The South African civil rights organisation AfriForum wishes…

25/07/2019
AfriForum request international media to report on increase in farm murders

AfriForum appealed to the international and foreign media to report on the increase in farm murders and attacks in South…