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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AfriForum urges Kuruman prosecutor to reinstate case of murdered farmer

ByAfriForum 12/06/202512/06/2025

AfriForum has written to the Senior State Prosecutor at the Kuruman Magistrate’s Court to express its deep concern and profound disappointment at the gross miscarriage of justice following the removal of the case of the murdered 81 year old farmer Hendrik Venter from the court roll. The civil rights organisation demands in a formal letter to the Senior State Prosecutor that immediate remedial action be taken to ensure that justice is served. AfriForum has also raised its concerns about the systemic failures of this court.

“This devastating failure of justice for the Venter family and the broader public demands immediate action from authorities. That is why the case must be reinstated with great urgency and escalated to the regional court, as senior members of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) repeatedly assured it would be,” says Thomas van Dalen, AfriForum’s Regional Head for the Northen Cape.

This development has compounded the trauma experienced by the Venter family and further eroded public trust in the justice system’s ability to adequately respond to crimes of this nature. It is unacceptable that systemic inefficiencies and a lack of prosecutorial will, can result in the suspension of justice. AfriForum has therefore also requested that the NPA urgently review and report on the procedural and administrative failures that led to this breakdown.

“This is not just an administrative oversight — it is an abandonment of justice. The NPA owes it to the Venter family, and every other family devastated by farm attacks, to fight for justice and ensure that these cases are not swept aside,” says Van Dalen.

AfriForum stands ready to assist the NPA in any way possible, including engaging private forensic laboratories or providing legal support, to ensure this case proceeds efficiently and without further delay. AfriForum will continue to monitor the case closely.

Letter to the Senior State Prosecutor in Kuruman Download