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 approaches Eskom about threat to cut Tshwane Metro’s power

ByAfriForum 23/08/202223/08/2022

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today sent a letter to Eskom in which the organisation requests that Eskom investigate alternatives to collect fees from the Tshwane Metro rather than cutting off the power.

This follows after Eskom issued a notice today in which the power company threatens to cut off Tshwane Metro’s power due to the metro’s failure to fulfill their agreement with Eskom and make their monthly payment.

The metro has an overdue bill of R1.6 billion, of which R68 million has already been paid to Eskom.

Although AfriForum understands that there is an agreement between Eskom and the Tshwane Metro for the payment of this account, it will have drastic consequences for the residents of Pretoria, who do faithfully pay their bills every month, if the power is turned off.

“A dispute between state organs is not supposed to harm communities,” says Dewet Ungerer, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for Greater Pretoria South. “AfriForum will make all possible efforts to enter into discussions with Eskom and the Tshwane Metro about possible alternatives that will not leave the faithful taxpayer in the dark.”

“It is unfair to punish residents, who pay their bills to the municipality, because of the Tshwane Metro’s failure to honor their payment agreement with Eskom,” says Sampie Steinberg, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for Greater Pretoria North.

Get involved with a local AfriForum branch today by sending an email to gemeenskapsake.navrae@afriforum.co.za.