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.

Media statements

AfriForum makes representations that Zuma should go to prison

ByAfriForum 23/11/202223/11/2022

The civil rights organisation AfriForum made representations to the National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Makghoti Thobakgale, to explain why former president Jacob Zuma must serve the remainder of his sentence. This follows after the Supreme Court of Appeal upheld AfriForum’s High Court ruling that Jacob Zuma’s medical parole was illegally granted. In addition to this, a costs order was filed against Zuma. However, the Supreme Court of Appeal left it to Thobakgale to decide whether Zuma’s time on medical parole could be deducted from his sentence.

“By making these representations to Thobakgale, AfriForum makes it clear that the organisation will not tolerate preferential treatment of high-ranking politicians. Zuma’s medical parole was illegal from the outset and therefore Zuma must go back to prison. AfriForum will continue to fight for justice in this matter,” says Reiner Duvenage, Campaign Officer for Strategy and Content at AfriForum.