Posts tagged with 'AfriForum'

 

Zindzi Mandela: EFF issue warning to “racists” who want her fired – Are they referring to AfriForum?

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Following Zindzi Mandela’s explosive Twitter rant last Friday, the fallout has been nuclear. South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark – and the daughter of Nelson Mandela – has faced an outpouring of both criticism and support for sharing strongly-worded Tweets on land expropriation.

@ZindziMandela
I am not accountable to any white man or woman for my personal views. No missus or baas here. Get over yourselves #OurLand

What Zindzi Mandela said about land
Mandela staunchly threw her support behind plans to return the land to displaced black citizens in South Africa, in order to reverse the legacy of apartheid. However, she did it by blasting white people and using language that is best described as “undiplomatic” – something of a cardinal sin for someone in her role.

Her call for action on land expropriation mirrors the policies of the EFF. So it was inevitable the opposition party would officially leap to her defence. In a
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Ramaphosa has moral obligation to take a stance on farm murders, his excuse not to air his views on farm murders does not make sense at all – this is insulting, to put it mildly

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President Cyril Ramaphosa is under a moral obligation to take a strong public stance against farm murders, particularly due to the fact that he denied the existence of the crisis on an international platform earlier. This is the reaction of AfriForum after Khusela Diko, Spokesperson to the president, yesterday told media that the president will specifically not air his views on farm murders, because it is the responsibility of the police.

Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO for AfriForum, says that the president’s excuse does not make sense at all.

“The president has previously aired his views on farm murders. When he did this, he said that there are no farm murders in South Africa. Now that he is confronted with the numbers, his response is that it is not his place to air his views on it and that he would rather remain silent. This is insulting, to put it mildly.”

Roets referred to Ramaphosa’s visit to the USA in September 2018 and his comments on
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One can only wonder who is funding Juju and his EFF party in order to keep the Afriforum away

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It was reported on 9 June 2019, that Julius Malema and the EFF had just paid a further amount of R109 098,30 to AfriForum to prevent seizure of their assets.

This payment by Malema and the EFF follows after AfriForum’s legal team placed them on terms for it.

This means that Malema and the EFF have paid an estimated amount of R344 000 to AfriForum to date. This amount consists of three of the five orders as to costs that AfriForum has obtained against the EFF in the courts since March 2017.

The latest payment pertains to the order as to costs which AfriForum obtained against the EFF and Malema on 14 November 2018, after the EFF and Malema attempt to obtain an urgent court order (to prevent AfriForum from removing the EFF’s property and auctioning it off) failed. This legal bill has since been taxed and therefore AfriForum was able to enforce the payment thereof.

Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, will apply Malema and the EFF’s payments
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Rustenburg police refuse to open trespass case for land grabbing thugs

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A land grabbing situation is unfolding in the North West province, South Africa. And the Rustenburg police are refusing that the landowner open a trespassing case.

Clearly, the SAPS are not interested in protecting legal landowners property rights in the country. Afriforum is now assisting the community and the landowner.

This all whilst the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, says land grabs don’t exist in South Africa.

North West, refusing landowner to open trespassing case, thus #Police not protecting legal landowners #PropertyRights. @afriforum is now assisting community and landowner. PS: @CyrilRamaphosa says landgrabs don’t exist in #SouthAfrica.

-Ian Cameron/southafricatoday

This news release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of SA-news.

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It looks like ‘poor’ Juju just can’t stay out of trouble, he lost again:- Karima Brown wins her legal case against the EFF

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The EFF has lost another court battle, and this time, it is against Karima Brown. The veteran journalist has won her case of harassment against the party.

One of the ugliest battles between the media and politicians took a significant turn when the Johannesburg High Court ruled in favor of Karima Brown in her harassment battle against the EFF.

How Karima Brown vs the EFF began
Karima Brown was initially targeted because they accidentally received one of her editorial notes. She had advised her colleagues to “monitor” an EFF gathering back in March but accidentally sent it to a group chat meant for party members. They took offense to her plans and began to hound her online.

Juju, with a following of 2.3 million people on Twitter, then shared her message on his page without obscuring the contact number. What followed next was a barrage of abuse, disgusting threats and vows to take her life.

She also faced several
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Resentment starting to soar as UFS beckoned to remove the statue of Pres. Steyn from its Bloemfontein campus – To remove a heritage resource just to adapt to a specific group’s subjective opinion cannot erase the past

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AfriForum and various other conservation organisations, including the Bloemfontein Cultural Association, the Association for Christian Higher Education in Bloemfontein and the Gereformeerde Geloof Bond (which includes congregations across South Africa and to which 32 congregations are affiliated), on 10 May 2019, objected to the issuing of a permit by the Free State Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (FSPHRA).

This permit grants permission to the University of the Free State (UFS) to relocate the statue of Pres. M.T. Steyn from its Bloemfontein campus to the War Museum.

In AfriForum’s appeal against the permit issued, it emphasised, among other things, that the relocation would rather polarise students on campus than to promote respect and social cohesion amongst them.

According to Alana Bailey, Deputy CEO of AfriForum responsible for heritage issues, M.T. Steyn embodies the ideal of the establishment of a Free State university ‒ a goa
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MTN supports the racist EFF and ANC but not the Afrikaner – Sponsorship of large music festival cancelled but MTN did not hesitate to act as sponsor for political gatherings

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The civil rights organisation AfriForum declared a dispute with MTN and launched a public campaign over the alleged racist action that is supported by the telecommunications company.

This follows after MTN announced that it withdrew its sponsorship at a large Afrikaans music festival because MTN does not support the personal views of one of the artists performing at the music festival.

At the same time, MTN does not hesitate to act as sponsor for the political gatherings of the ANC and the EFF. The public is asked to add their voices to this campaign.

Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum, says that MTN’s criteria for sponsorship therefore boils down to them having to support the personal views of those who are involved with a project. It can therefore be concluded that MTN, with its sponsorships to the ANC and EFF, support the views of both these parties.

“The ANC threatened that white farmers’ land would be forcefully taken away i
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Poor little Thandi Modise states that ‘Black Farmers Do Better Than White Farmers In South Africa”, but your farm failed (photo’s)

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The National Council of Provinces chairperson Thandi Modise believes that AfriForum’s decision to privately prosecute her for animal cruelty is to advance the narrative of the failure of black farmers.

The lobby group and the SPCA announced on Thursday it would pursue the case.

Modise believes that AfriForum is targeting her to show that black people can’t farm and the case has emerged now when Parliament is embarking on a process related to land expropriation without compensation.

Modise said that in reality ‘black farmers do better than white farmers in South Africa”.

But AfriForum says it was the SPCA which approached them in November last year while Parliament’s process was adopted in February this year.

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel is eager to get back into a courtroom.

“Mr Mangwale and his team did a steely work in locating the witnesses in enhancing the case, consulting with experts.”

Nel hopes to have t
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Creative attempt at a land grab – Trespasser allow herd of cattle to graze on farm – farmer was informed by the trespasser that the land belonged to the state and that it was given to him

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AfriForum, in collaboration with other organisations and authorities, impounded approximately 150 cattle on a farm near Vaalwater on Thursday 7 March 2019.

This follows after a trespasser had cut the farm’s fences and locks to allow his herd of cattle to graze there, after which the farmer was informed by the trespasser that the land belonged to the state and that it was assigned to the trespasser.

A helicopter was used early in the morning to find and to gather the cattle on adjacent farms. Trucks were used to pick up all the cattle and transport them to the pound in Potgietersrus. Farmers from the community, from as far as Ellisras, Matlabas and Nylstroom assisted with this task.

According to Llewellyn Hemmens, AfriForum’s Assistant Safety Coordinator for the Northern Region, many of the cattle had more than one brand and some were not marked at all. “It is illegal for cattle to have different brands and we therefore have a strong suspi
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Old SA flag is not a symbol of a crime against humanity and to ban it will infringe South Africans’ right to freedom of expression

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The Nelson Mandela Foundation announced on Monday that its case regarding the old South African flag for hate speech, unfair discrimination and harassment would be heard in the Equity Court in April.

The case will be heard during the 29th and 30th of April. This comes after the foundation approached the court last March with the request to declare the use and exhibition of the old South African flag for hate speech, unfair discrimination and harassment based on race.

In addition, it said during a statement that it was time to admit that the old South African flag is a symbol of a crime against humanity and that the exhibition is humiliating black South Africans and promoting crime.

The statement supports the following: “It is important that the Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Promotion Act be used as a tool to discourage such behavior.”

According to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the civil rights organization, AfriForu
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Juju yell ‘pay back the money’ but on the other hand he says ‘Stop lying’ about EFF’s R100K payment to AfriForum’

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EFF president Julius Malema is seemingly denying paying more than R100 000 to civil-rights organisation AfriForum following a cost order.

According to a statement issued by AfriForum on Sunday, Malema and the EFF made a payment of R108 960,79 on January 10 – the second of five cost orders AfriForum obtained through various court cases brought against the EFF since March 2017.

The first payment of R126 703,59 was made on November 13 last year.

But despite the statement and the media reporting on the payment, Malema appears to be in the dark.

Replying to a report by EWN on Sunday, Malema tweeted: “I can’t afford even if I wanted to pay, stop lying.”

Asked how it felt to be “pushed” into a “#paybackthemoneysituation”, Malema replied: “Pushed by who?”

Malema later tweets: “Ok, thank you for information” and “If you don’t mind, it was between the two
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A warrant has been issued for arresting Grace Mugabe on a charge of assault with the intent to seriously injure – the former president’s wife may be in jail the festive season

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AfriForum has on Wednesday announced that an arrest warrant has been issued against Grace Mugabe for allegedly assaulting Gabriella Engels.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) say they have approached Interpol to help enforce an arrest on Zimbabwean former first lady Grace Mugabe for allegedly assaulting a model in Sandton.

AfriForum has on Wednesday announced that an arrest warrant has been issued against Mugabe.

Earlier this year, the lobby group won a High Court application to review and set aside the government’s decision to grant Mugabe diplomatic immunity after allegations emerged that she had assaulted Gabriella Engels.

Police spokesperson Vish Naidoo says a process on the matter has been initiated with the international anti-criminal organisation.

“We’ve done a circulation of informing all our ports of entry that is she comes into the country, we’ll arrest her. If she doesn’t come into the country, we will
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