The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, responded by insisting that farm murders are normal violent crime, blamed inequality as a driving factor and denied that there is any targeting of farmers in South Africa. Lamola also attempted to change the subject to farm workers being abused by their employers. Mxolisi Nkosi, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations in Geneva, joined Lamola in brushing off farm murders as normal crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Esseneme followed up by calling the South African delegation\u2019s answers vague and mentioning that a report submitted to CERD (AfriForum\u2019s 2022 report) documented at least two cases of farm murders that were directly connected to the \u201cKill the Boer\u201d chant. She requested that the South African delegation provide CERD with more details on these cases, as well as on the prosecution of farm murderers. Lamola said he will get back to the committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was very pleased to hear that CERD had read the report that AfriForum submitted in 2022, which contained detailed information on farm murders and \u2018Kill the Boer\u2019. Our report also clearly made such an impression that it inspired a question on farm murders from this UN committee,\u201d said Ernst van Zyl, Head of public relations at AfriForum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
When questioned by multiple committee members about race quotas in sport, as detailed by AfriForum in their 2023 presentation to CERD, Lamola responded by falsely claiming that the government had \u201cabolished\u201d the race quota system in sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the second day of the United Nations CERD\u2019s review of South Africa, a committee member, Mr. Y.K.J. Yeung Sik Yuen, with AfriForum\u2019s 2022 report to CERD in hand, asked the South African delegation to provide details on the progress of the court cases against Julius Malema and the EFF relating to the \u201cKill the Boer\u201d chant. Lamola responded by saying that the Equality Court had ruled that the chant was not hate speech but confirmed that an appeal case is underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe fact that the UN is now starting to ask questions about farm murders, \u2018Kill the Boer\u2019 and race quotas to the South African government are some of the fruits of AfriForum and Solidarity\u2019s persistent international awareness campaigns. It\u2019s an encouraging breakthrough,\u201d Van Zyl concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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