AfriForum has designated one December this year as a global day against farm murders. The organisation wants to use this day annually to commemorate victims of farm murders and farm attacks, support their families, and draw international attention to violence against South Africa's rural communities.
AfriForum chose the date in memory of two-year-old Wilmien Potgieter, who was murdered on one December 2010 along with her parents, Attie and Wilna, on their farm in the Free State.
Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum's chief spokesperson on community safety, is asking people to wear a small white cross on their clothing or put on a white shirt on one December. AfriForum's branches will hold a moment of silence nationwide at 12:00. The organisation is inviting people in South Africa and elsewhere to participate in the moment of silence or arrange their own commemoration events. AfriForum is also working to involve international players, particularly in the USA, in the initiative.
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This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
