AfriForum will tomorrow deliver memorandums to 15 embassies in which the civil rights organisation requests these countries to apply pressure to the South African government to protect minorities and to address the farm murder crisis. The memorandum will focus on the fact that the South African government has no intention of heeding the increase in farm attacks and murders.

“After the ANC government made it clear at two different forums of the United Nations that they will not pay attention to the rights as well as the protection of the rights of minorities or farmers in South Africa, we are compelled to call for help in the international arena,” said Henk Maree, AfriForum’s National Spokesperson.

It is exactly five years since the gruesome murder of the Potgieter family in Lindley, Free State. Attie Potgieter was stabbed 151 times, while his two year old daughter was shot in the head and dumped in a box. Her mother, Wilma, was forced to her knees and shot in the head from behind. “On the day of the murders, representatives of the government said that such a murder may never again happen, and that there should be interventions. Today, five years later, government has still not lifted a finger,” said Maree.

The details of the delivery are as follows:

Date:               Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Time:               10:30
Place:             German Embassy, Blackwood Street, Eastwood, Pretoria
                     
RSVP:            Henk Maree at 083 280 2470

Henk Maree
National Spokesperson
AfriForum
Cell: 083 280 2470
Email: henk@afriforum.co.za

Esmarie Prinsloo
Head: Media Relations
AfriForum
Cell: 072 332 9824
Email: esmarie@afriforum.co.za
Twitter: @esmarieprinsloo