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 supports family at court after farm attack

By 10/02/202003/11/2020

AfriForum’s Trauma Support Unit last week supported the family of Fanie and Colleen Engelbrecht at the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court in the East Rand after the couple was brutally murdered during a farm attack in 2018.

Julius Mapayi Goncalves (24) and Jossias Nhalungo (36), both from Mozambique, were found guilty of murder, robbery and the possession of illegal firearms by Judge David Makoba. Two other suspects are however still at large. Judgement will take place on 6 April 2020.

The Engelbrecht couple was brutally attacked on their farm Welgevonden on the West Rand on Mothers Day 2018. Colleen was burnt with an iron and strangled with the cord and Fanie’s throat was slit. The guilty parties escaped with a tablet, cell phone, cash and two firearms.

“It is important for the Trauma Support Unit to render assistance to victims of violent crime, as well as their families. It is extremely traumatic for victims to appear in court. They not only relive the tragic chain of events that they and their loved ones went through, but also do not always understand the processes or technical aspects of the court. We would like to simplify this process for them as much as possible,” says Magda Coetzee, Support Officer at AfriForum’s Trauma Support Unit.

Send an email to trauma@afriforum.co.za for more information regarding the Trauma Support Unit.