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 gets cost order against Tshwane Metro over illegal tariff increases

By 29/01/202003/11/2020

AfriForum got a cost order against the Tshwane Metro in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 27 January 2020 regarding the illegal prepaid electricity tariff increases that were implemented in 2019. This cost order follows after AfriForum approached the High Court in 2019 about the increases that were implemented without the necessary approval from Nersa.

Jaco Grobbelaar, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for the Greater Pretoria, says while the organisation views this as a success, the battle is far from over. “AfriForum took on this case to protect the residents of Pretoria against the illegal increases. Despite the cost order we are still dismayed about the fact that consumers’ money haven’t been refunded.”

Consumers paid the illegal tariff from July to mid-August 2019. After continuous pressure from AfriForum and meetings between the organisation and the Metro, the tariff was changed back to a tariff approved by Nersa.

During a management meeting, the Tshwane Metro promised AfriForum that it would pay back consumers who were affected by the increase – which hadn’t been approved by Nersa at the time. The money was supposed to be refunded in November.

“We will continue to put pressure on the Metro and Nersa until consumers are compensated for the illegal increase they had to pay.”

Nersa has subsequently acknowledged receipt of the letter sent to them by AfriForum on 16 January 2020, and informed the organisation that the issue is being discussed with their CEO.

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