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.

AfriForum Youth Media statements | Media statements

AFRIFORUM YOUTH: PROMISE BY NSFAS FOR FUNDING IN 2021 UNREALISTIC

ByAfriForum 29/03/202103/09/2021

AfriForum Youth considers the recent announcement by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) that they will this year financially support all students that can produce evidence that they qualify for funding, as an unrealistic undertaking.

AfriForum Youth is currently involved in legal proceedings with NSFAS after the aid scheme last year withdrew funding to approximately 5 000 approved students. The youth organisation represents 130 students that were able to produce evidence that they were unlawfully deprived of their funding. This matter will be heard in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town on 14 April 2021.

Students that were left without financing in 2020 are still not able to settle their debt or continue with their studies in 2021. Furthermore, they are also struggling to repay disbursements to the aid scheme, which subsequently leads to the fact that the scheme cannot use these funds to financially assist new applicants.

“NSFAS is still unable to supply answers regarding the withdrawal of students’ funding in 2020 but is already making promises in 2021 that they will in fact be able to help with financing this year,” says Bernard Pieters, Manager of AfriForum Youth. “There are no guarantees that NSFAS will not this year again go back on its promise to students, as was the case last year. As such NSFAS is not in the position to create unrealistic expectations among students.”

If you would like to know more or want to become involved with AfriForum Youth’s tertiary or town structures, send an email to jeug@afriforum.co.za with the name of your campus, town or city as the subject.