AfriForum calls on foreign press to acknowledge the peril of South African minorities, steps up its #TheWorldMustKnow campaign
17 May 2022
The South African civil rights organisation AfriForum has called on international media outlets to acknowledge the extent to which minority communities in South Africa are being threatened by discriminatory policies, violent farm attacks and murders, land invasions, and hate speech. This follows after a New York Times story titled “How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News – and Became Trump’s Heir” was published recently. It mentioned AfriForum and the organisation’s campaigns to bring awareness to the scourge of farm murders and the government threatening property rights in South Africa – both of which the piece downplays or dismisses.
AfriForum has requested that the paper correct certain factual errors regarding South Africa but has been informed by the publication that it has decided not to publish AfriForum’s reaction to the article.
In light of this apparent no-care attitude by particular international news outlets, AfriForum is stepping up its #TheWorldMustKnow campaign to raise international awareness about the situation in South Africa. The campaign includes the publication of updated, detailed reports about the situation in South Africa, international awareness tours and joint projects with international role players.
Official data by the South African Police Service (SAPS) indicates that roughly two farm attacks have been reported every day, and approximately two farm murders have been reported every week in South Africa over a period of two decades. Land invasions have also become a daily reality in South Africa, with more than a thousand such invasions occurring in the Western Cape province alone in less than a year.