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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Benoni branch invests in technology to safeguard community

By 13/02/202003/11/2020

The AfriForum branch in Benoni recently decided to find a new way to ensure a safer town, build relationships with the police and other role-players, and ensure residents know AfriForum is here to make a difference. The branch subsequently decided to bring SNIPR to Benoni.

SNIPR is an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology that recognizes number plates and cross-references them across a local and global database of listed suspicious vehicles that includes a subscription to the law enforcement agency concerned with the tracing of wanted vehicles.

AfriForum’s Benoni branch approached different community members and safety organisations to invest in this community project. “The AfriForum branch and all parties involved are proud to say that we have a number of new cameras placed on strategic points all over Benoni,” says Archie Mouyis, Chairperson of AfriForum’s Benoni branch.

Other organisations involved, among which PHP/MAMBA Security, monitor these cameras 24/7 and allocate response officers to this project to act immediately once there is a positive hit. The SAPS, EMPD and other security providers are also involved.

“The project already had a lot of success and we are looking forward to an exciting year ahead. This is definitely another positive step forward for the Benoni community,” says Mouyis.

Get involved with your local AfriForum branch today: SMS your name to 45342 (R1).