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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Thandi Modise must appear in court on 8 May

By 30/03/202003/11/2020

An urgent application for deferral for the court appearance of Thandi Modise, Speaker of the National Assembly, was removed from the North Gauteng High Court roll today by her legal team. Magistrate Ben Mtebele consented that Modise must appear in the Potchefstroom Regional Court on 8 May 2020 to account for not appearing in court and to determine a trial date.

Modise failed to appear on 24 March on charges of animal abuse against her. Modise’s legal representatives initially applied for postponement as a result of the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. The warrant for her arrest remains in force, however, but was postponed to 8 May 2020. The warrant was issued on 24 March 2020 pending her appearance in court on 31 March 2020.

“AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit very reluctantly declined to oppose the application until a date after the lockdown period. In light of the pandemic, we agreed that Modise should appear in court on 8 May 2020. We continuously argued that the power to postpone rests not with the prosecutor, but with the presiding officer. The case has a history of non-appearance by the accused, and we are now focusing on bringing the case to trial,” says Andrew Leask, Head Investigator at AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit.

AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit announced last year that it was going to prosecute Modise on behalf of the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA).

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AfriForum demands action from Sanral before any more trailers are blown off Western Cape bridge

ByAfriForum 11/04/202411/04/2024

The inclement weather in the Western Cape wreaked havoc on the bridge at the Huguenot Tunnel for the umpteenth time…

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Fracking: A dragon South Africa will not be able to tame

ByAfriForum 20/07/202220/07/2022

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment has released proposed regulations for onshore oil and gas exploration and production, including…