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 mourns the passing of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi

ByAfriForum 09/09/202309/09/2023

It is with great sorrow that AfriForum received the sad tiding of the passing of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Inkosi of the Buthelezi traditional community and Prime Minister of the Zulu kingdom and nation.

“We pray that our Heavenly Father will comfort the Buthelezi royal family, the Buthelezi traditional community, the Zulu royal family and the Zulu nation in this difficult time. We will remember Prince Buthelezi for his integrity and commitment to find peaceful solutions to the complex coexistence challenge faced by cultural communities here at the southern tip of Africa,” says Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum.

“Prince Buthelezi, a grandson of His Majesty King Dinuzulu KaCetshwayo, through his actions honoured the proud legacy of his ancestors. He acted in the interest of his cultural community whilst at the same time he strove to maintain the historically good relations that exist between the Zulu and Afrikaner cultural communities,” says Barend Uys, head of Intercultural Relations and Cooperation at AfriForum.

Photo: Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi by Rajesh Jantilal/AFP