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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Collaboration needed now to avert waste management crisis in Tshwane Metro

ByAfriForum 20/11/202420/11/2024

The civil rights organisation AfriForum has today again called on the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to work together to find solutions to the challenges regarding waste management. There are currently only four operational landfills under the Tshwane Metro’s management, which poses significant challenges to efficient waste management. None of these landfills passed AfriForum’s landfill audit this year.

AfriForum believes that the waste management challenge in the Tshwane Metro has been exacerbated by the closure of the Onderstepoort landfill in 2019.

Although AfriForum is aware that the development of new landfills is a complicated and often protracted process, the organisation emphasises that immediate interventions and strategic partnerships are essential to avoid a full-scale waste management crisis.

AfriForum has already taken proactive steps to mitigate the situation, such as the management of a recycling separation site, which the organisation intends to expand further. However, the extent of the problem necessitates a collective effort. AfriForum is committed to working with the Tshwane Metro and other stakeholders to develop innovative and sustainable solutions.

In a letter to the city manager of the Tshwane Metro, the organisation highlights these challenges and then also requests various information, amongst others:

The Tshwane Metro’s plans for the development of new landfill sites;
immediate solutions to remove capacity constraints and;
opportunities for collaboration.

“We believe that collaboration is the key to solving the Tshwane Metro’s waste management challenges. AfriForum is ready to enter into discussions with the Tshwane Metro and other stakeholders to ensure a sustainable, efficient system that benefits all residents,” says Lambert de Klerk, AfriForum’s Manager for Environmental Affairs.

AfriForum invites the Tshwane metro to get involved in these issues and welcomes the opportunity to contribute to sustainable waste management solutions.