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.

Corona (Covid-19 ) | Media statements

Nationwide lockdown: AfriForum welcomes relaxation

By 23/04/202003/11/2020

AfriForum welcomes the announcement tonight by Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa that the nationwide lockdown will be relaxed to level 4 on Friday, 1 May 2020.

The civil rights organisation is however concerned that the relaxation measures have not yet been announced, but will continue to monitor the situation. AfriForum is of the opinion that the government’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic is not balanced and in some cases had resulted in bigger crises than solutions and furthermore says that more people will in the process die of hunger than from the virus itself.

The organisation also strongly expresses itself against the draconic measures that are currently being enforced by the state, among which the Department of Tourism’s use of race as criteria for the allocation of COVID-19 support to tourism enterprises; regulations that give the state the power to prosecute anyone that tested positive for COVID-19 and refuses to go to a government controlled quarantine camp for COVID-19 patients; and regulations that prevent communities to look after their own safety by means of community safety initiatives such as neighbourhood watches and community policing forums.

AfriForum will continue to oppose abuse of power by the state and also submit practical measures to responsibly relax the nationwide lockdown.

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AfriForum opens new training centre and control room in Roodepoort, tackles safety on the West Rand

ByAfriForum 05/08/202405/08/2024

The civil rights organisation AfriForum opened a new branch centre in Roodepoort on Friday (2 August), which will serve as…

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Gauteng Deputy Speaker fails in bid to get off the hook

ByAfriForum 31/10/202331/10/2023

The Johannesburg Magistrates Court has dismissed an application for a discharge by Vuyo Mhlakaza-Manamela, the Gauteng Legislature’s Deputy Speaker. The…