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 monitors education legislation amendment process – opportunity for public comment to follow

By 28/01/202003/11/2020

According to media reports, Angie Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education, will continue consulting with some interested parties on the content of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill) this week. The amendment bill is a continuation of a process that AfriForum had already responded to with a comprehensive legal opinion in 2017. At the time, AfriForum already raised concerns about the state’s attempt to centralise more power within the department, while depriving parental communities of their say in the education of their children.

According to reports and communication from the department’s legal department, more interested parties will have the opportunity to comment on the BELA Bill when it is published by Parliament for comment.

As AfriForum has already emphasized in 2017, the schools most affected by this bill will be the very ones that currently offer the best quality education. Regardless of the socio-economic circumstances of communities, the best performing schools are those where the parental communities are involved. AfriForum maintains that parents have the right to decide on the education of their children – a right provided for by existing legislation. It also includes being able to decide on the language of instruction.

AfriForum will monitor the process closely to ensure that the rights of learners, parents and school governing bodies are protected.