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 safety structures in southern region hold mass patrol

ByAfriForum 18/04/202318/04/2023

The AfriForum neighbourhood watches in the Northern, Eastern and Western Cape, in cooperation with the SAPS, the local CPF, community members, various security companies and security agencies, carried out a mass patrol on 14 April in their respective areas to create policing visibility. The patrol started around 18:00 and continued until 06:00 the next morning.

A total of 807 AfriForum patrollers and 560 patrollers from other institutions participated in the patrol and covered a total of 18 123 km in 661 vehicles.

During the operation, 26 incidents were reported and several arrests were also made. Some of the incidents include the possession of drugs, illegal weapons and ammunition as well as persons driving under the influence of alcohol.

“The AfriForum neighbourhood watches in the southern region will constantly undertake projects and conduct regular patrols to curb crime and promote safety in cooperation with the SAPS and other security agencies,” says David Olivier, AfriForum’s Safety Specialist for the southern region.

Get involved with AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches today. You can help to secure your neighbourhood: Click here to join your nearest neighbourhood watch.

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New proposed legislation will turn police watchdog into police lapdog

ByAfriForum 02/10/202302/10/2023

The civil rights organisation AfriForum submitted commentary on the proposed Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Amendment Bill to the parliamentary…