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 sniffer dog catches suspects off guard

ByAfriForum 16/08/202216/08/2022

On 12 August the AfriForum neighbourhood watch in Germiston on the East Rand of Gauteng, were on patrol with their sniffer dog, Storm, when she sniffed out hidden contraband.

Storm is specifically trained to sniff out narcotics. During a break in the patrol, the team entered a shop at a local fuel station to buy refreshments, when Storm indicated to her handler that two customers in the shop were hiding contraband.

On closer inspection it was found that the suspects were in possession of an unlicensed firearm, as well as narcotics.

One of the suspects fled the scene and was pursued by neighbourhood watch members but managed to escape. The other suspect was handed over to the SAPS and charged for the possession of narcotics and an unlicensed firearm.

“We are very proud of the dedication and vigilance displayed by our patrollers, both four-legged and two-legged. Sniffer dogs play an immense roll in multiplying our patrollers’ capabilities to timeously identify and apprehend suspects,” says Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum’s spokesperson for Community Safety.

AfriForum has more than 150 civilian safety structures countrywide and roughly 10 000 volunteers who play an active role in safeguarding their own communities.