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’s Benoni neighbourhood watch increases visibility before festive season

By 13/11/201903/11/2020

AfriForum’s Benoni neighbourhood watch participated in the civil rights organisation’s national visibility patrol on 8 November 2019.

13 neighbourhood watch members travelled 634 km over 45 man-hours between 20:00 and 04:00. No serious incidents were reported.

AfriForum launched a national project on 30 October 2019 to increase policing visibility during the coming festive season. It is expected that crime will increase; AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches therefore want to make a difference in their respective communities by reassuring residents through high visibility actions and keeping them safe.

“Visibility plays a crucial role in curbing crime. AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches will therefore emphasise increased visibility in their respective areas,” says Marié Naudé, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for the East Rand.

“Actions like these promote cooperation between the different role-players. Communities should take ownership of their own safety and support the SAPS within the framework of the law to make their areas safer,” says Ettiene de Klerk, Chairperson of AfriForum’s Benoni neighbourhood watch.

Join your local AfriForum neighbourhood watch: SMS your name to 45342(R1).