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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SEXUAL PERPETRATOR PROSECUTED AFTER PERSISTENT PRESSURE BY AFRIFORUM’S PRIVATE PROSECUTION UNIT

ByAfriForum 10/06/202103/09/2021

A suspect who is accused of two cases of sexual assault and one of rape, on Wednesday finally appeared in the local court in Reitz after persistent pressure by AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit.

A family member of a five year old girl contacted the Private Prosecution Unit in October 2019 after the girl was allegedly molested by the suspect. The family member was at wit’s end after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) decided not to prosecute the suspect. AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit looked into the case and discovered that the SAPS never did a thorough investigation of the case.

In correspondence to the DPP, the Private Prosecution Unit pointed out that the statements of several witnesses in the case were never taken by the SAPS, upon which a decision was taken to reopen the case.

Although the suspect has still not been prosecuted for molesting the child, the investigation found that he can be linked to several other similar offences for which he has now been formally charged.

The case has been postponed until 15 June 2021. Due to the seriousness of the charges the case has been transferred to the regional court in Bethlehem.