ANC blamed for farm murders

September 12 2012 at 03:24pm 

By SAPA

    Afriforum Chief Executive Kalli Kriel Photo: Dumisani Sibeko

Pretoria - The African National Congress should accept

responsibility for farm murders, civil rights group

AfriForum said on Wednesday. “As long as the ANC

continues to remain silent when ANC leaders, like Ronald

Lamola say that he cannot guarantee the safety of the

Van der Merwes and the Van Tonders (Afrikaner surnames)

... the ANC can be held responsible for farm murders,”

AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel said in a statement.

In June, Lamola was criticised for his comments relating to

land ownership. He told a media briefing in Pretoria that

section 25 of the Constitution should be amended to allow

for change in the land reformpolicy.

If white South Africans did not hand land to poor blacks,

there could be land invasions like those that took place in

Zimbabwe, he said. At the time, he reportedly said he could

not guarantee the safety of “the Van Tonders and the

Van der Merwes on farms”. - Sapa