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.

Campaigns and petitions

PREVENTION AND COMBATING OF HATE CRIMES AND HATE SPEECH BILL

ByAfriForum 04/05/202304/05/2023

The South African government’s proposed Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill will once again be open for public comment and appear before Parliament. While AfriForum supports sanctions on true hate speech, we believe this Bill distorts the meaning of the concept and constitutionally protected expression could be criminalised if the Bill is passed.

AfriForum believes that the current version of the Bill is unconstitutional and that it threatens freedom of expression because:

The double standards with regards to cases of hate speech are worsening.
This bill waters down the constitutional standard for hate speech to a dangerous degree.
The constitutional right to freedom of expression has come under an increasing threat in recent years.