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 Gauteng South neighbourhood watches participate in national patrol

By 17/03/202003/11/2020

AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches in Vanderbijlpark, Roodepoort, Krugersdorp, Fochville and Randfontein on 14 and 15 March 2020 executed a mass patrol in their respective areas in cooperation with the SAPS, the local CPF’s, community members, various security companies and safety institutions. This patrol is part of AfriForum’s national mass patrol to increase policing visibility.

Altogether 171 AfriForum patrollers participated in the patrol and 5 397 km were covered using 139 vehicles. The patrol started at 18:00 and continued until 06:00 during which four incidents were reported.

“The Gauteng South neighbourhood watches will continuously tackle projects and regularly hold patrols to combat crime and promote safety in cooperation with the SAPS and other safety role-players,” says Hillel Coetzer, AfriForum’s Head of Community Safety for the northern region.

Become involved in AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches today – you can help to safeguard your neighbourhood: SMS “Buurtwag” to 45342 (R1).