Who and what is AfriForum?

AfriForum is an Afrikaans civil rights organisation that protects the rights of minority groups at national as well as provincial level, and anyone who can identify with AfriForum’s principles and objectives may join the organisation. AfriForum’s community plan focuses on mobilising communities to thus take control of their own streets and neighbourhoods again. AfriForum ensures that your constitutional and civil rights are recognised and protected at national level.

Wie en wat is AfriForum?

AfriForum is ’n Afrikaanse burgerregteorganisasie wat die regte van minderheidsgroepe op sowel nasionale as provinsiale vlak beskerm, en enigiemand wat met AfriForum se beginsels en doelstellings kan identifiseer, mag by die organisasie aansluit. AfriForum se gemeenskapsplan fokus daarop om gemeenskappe te mobiliseer om só weer beheer terug te neem oor hul eie strate en woonbuurtes. AfriForum verseker dat jou grondwetlike én burgerregte op nasionale vlak erken en beskerm word.

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Wreath-laying ceremony in memory of victims of farm murders

ByAfriForum 16/11/202001/09/2021

AfriForum on 16 November held a wreath-laying ceremony at its head office in Centurion in solidarity with the event held by agricultural organisations in the Free State in memory of Pieter and Eddie Hills and the more than 40 other victims that were brutally murdered on farms across the country in 2020.

A peaceful protest action is Monday being held in Hennenman in the Free State where suspects are set to appear in court in connection with the murder of Hills and his son. The protest was organised by Free State Agriculture and members of the public had a chance to participate in this protest action by laying down flowers during the event in Centurion.

Marnus Kamfer, AfriForum’s Legal and Risk Manager for Community Safety, says it was a bittersweet event. “Bitter because we know that nothing we do will bring these victims back to life. There is however also the sweet because we see how people are opening up their hearts for our farmers. These are the people that have paid the highest price. It is good to see that people are doing something small such as laying down a flower to ensure that these victims do not simply just disappear into the history as a statistic, but that they were people with names, who had families.”

Kamfer says AfriForum will continue fighting the wave of farm attacks harassing the country. The civil rights organisation will continue establishing safety structures on ground level, of which there are already 161. “We will continue creating awareness, to train, equip and support the safety structures to keep their various communities safe.”

Hennie Human, Victim Support Official at AfriForum’s Trauma Unit, concluded the event with prayer.