 The independence of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa can be questioned too. During the elections of 2014, the South African public broadcaster, the SABC, refused to air two advertisements of opposition parties, the DA and the EFF, criticising the ANC. The decision to refuse the ads was upheld by ICASA, causing press freedom organisations to raise red flag about the state of media freedom in South Africa. In October 2014 the Minister of Communications, Faith Muthambi, seemingly acted unlawfully by ordering ICASA board members to vacate their offices, once again raising questions about the independence of ICASA.  The South African Human Rights Commission is chaired by Adv Lawrence Mushwana, a former Public Protector notorious for investigating a so-called Oilgate scandal. This incident involved state funds being transferred to the ANC shortly before the 2004 general elections. Mushwana’s investigation and findings were so superficial, that the Court of Appeals rejected his report. Judge Robert Nugent, with four colleagues concurring, found that Mushwana’s investigation “was so scant as not to be an investigation at all”. This casts serious doubts on the impartiality of Mushwana as individual, but also re the body he heads. Once again a lack of funding and powers to enforce rulings hampers the efficiency of the Commission. In May 2008, South Africa experienced horrendous, wide-spread xenophobic attacks. It took the Commission two years to issue a report regarding this matter. Meanwhile these attacks continue, with incidents happening all over the country and many foreign nationals testifying to intimidation, violence and exploitation by representatives of the authorities, as well as members of the public. The report seems to have contributed little towards finding solutions. In September 2014 the Commission held hearings on the abovementioned issue of farm attacks in South Africa. AfriForum’s report compiled for the hearings is attached. We have just been informed that no report or ruling in this regard will be made available by the SAHRC before well into 2015. Meanwhile these violent attacks involving a disproportionate amount of violence, torture and murder continue daily in our rural areas, putting the food security of all South Africans at risk, decimating agricultural expertise in the country and causing this vulnerable minority to live in a state of constant fear.  The Pan South African Language Board was created in terms of the Constitution with the aim of protecting and promoting language rights in the country. It currently is undergoing yet another process of restructuring after mismanagement and funding misappropriation scandals. Currently it fulfils little more than a symbolic role when the language rights of South Africans are disregarded. AfriForum has been and is involved in numerous actions where the