AfriForum to testify before Khampepe Commission tomorrow

Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, will testify before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry tomorrow (Thursday 26 February) about political interference that prevented ANC leaders from being prosecuted for their part in acts of terror during the previous dispensation.

Since 2007, AfriForum has represented Dirk van Eck, whose wife, Kobie, and two of their children – Nelmari (8) and Nasie (2) – were murdered in an ANC landmine attack in December 1985.

Cilliers van der Merwe, whose father, Jaap, was murdered by ANC insurgents near the Botswana border on 1 November 1978, will also testify before the Commission tomorrow. Jaap’s body was never found. No prosecutions followed Jaap’s murder, even though the identity of the person who pulled the trigger is known and he never received amnesty for the crime.

Details regarding the hearing are as follows:

Date:               Thursday 26 February 2026

Venue:            Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, c/o Miriam Makeba and Helen Joseph Streets, Newtown, Johannesburg

Time:              09:00