About us

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Our three-pronged recipe for success, our core focus points and our values

AfriForum is a non-profit civil rights organisation that was established on 26 March 2006. The organisation was created to call up Afrikaners to participate in public debate and actions outside of the sphere of party politics. AfriForum is not an ordinary organisation, but a tool for us and our descendants to create a better future by executing AfriForum’s three-pronged success recipe for hope.

OUR THREE-PRONGED SUCCESS RECIPE:

Calling

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Calling is our secret weapon, because it offers us the knowledge that we have the privilege to work towards something bigger than ourselves with the grace from Above. AfriForum’s calling – or purpose – is described in the organisation’s vision:
That Afrikaners – who know no other home – can continue living meaningfully as Afrikaners and in peaceful co-existence with other communities and permanently free, safe and prosperous at the southern tip of Africa.

Executive ability

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If AfriForum and other institutions within the Solidarity Movement do not have the executive ability to carry out our plan, our plan will simply be an exercise in creative writing. For this reason especially, it is crucial that every person in AfriForum works together to continuously improve our executive ability by, amongst others, recruiting new members and actively expanding and strengthening our structures.

Our personnel structure’s focus is on functionality rather than hierarchy; our meetings are functional; and we focus on alignment, communication and organisation culture.

Fight and build plan

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AfriForum is creating a future with a fight and build plan. The fight and build plan involves AfriForum fighting fór justice and against deterioration, while the organisation is simultaneously building alternative realities on ground level, which makes it possible for us as a community to look after our own interests with an increasing degree of independence and self-management.
This plan is based on AfriForum’s mission, which is:
AfriForum, as a trustworthy Afrikaner interest organisation and civil rights watchdog, which forms part of the Solidarity Movement, works to ensure that the basic prerequisites for the continued existence of Afrikaners are met by working outside the workplace on international, national and local level to manage the impact of and influence the current political realities that face Afrikaners, while working simultaneously to establish sustainable structures through which Afrikaners are able to ensure their own future independently.

OUR FIVE CORE FOCUS POINTS:

Safety

AfriForum’s actions should contribute to establish a safe society in which AfriForum’s members, supporters and other citizens feel safe and are safe.

Self-dependence

AfriForum’s actions should contribute to establish self-dependence and growing self-governance under Afrikaners and the communities in which they live and work.

Cultural identity

AfriForum’s actions should contribute to the protection and growth of the Afrikaner identity, culture, history and the Afrikaans language, in order for Afrikaners to continue to permanently exist as a community whilst protecting their identity.

Justice

AfriForum’s goal is to let justice prevail on various levels. This struggle for justice reaches wider than Afrikaner interests and also includes justice in society as a whole.

Organisation building

AfriForum, which is simply a tool in the achievement of a bigger objective, needs to be as strong as possible to reach all the goals we want to work towards. For this reason, we need to succeed in our aim to strengthen AfriForum as an organisation.

OUR VALUES:

Calling:

We all have our flaws, but a God-given calling gives ordinary people like us the perseverance, energy and drive to achieve success even under unusually difficult circumstances.

Respect:

Self-respect and respect for others are prerequisites. It is in everybody’s interest to establish mutual recognition and respect.

Self-management:

The responsibility for myself, my family, the community and AfriForum’s future cannot be placed on other people’s shoulders. Therefor we are taking responsibility for the future.

MEMBERSHIP FIGURES

See how we grow! A growing membership means that we can grow our successes even further.

MANAGEMENT

PART OF THE EXECUTIVE

KALLIE KRIEL

CEO

William Waugh

Head: Organisation Building

Frik Dreyer

Head: Operational Affairs

OPERATIONAL FORUM

Phillip Muller

Manager: IT and Systems

Francois Smit

Head: Resources

Nic Arnold

Head: Corporate Compliance

Marina Wiese

Head: Communication

POLICY FORUM

ALANA BAILEY

Head: Cultural Affairs

Barend Uys

Head: Intercultural Cooperation

Monique Taute

Head: Campaigns

Johan Kruger

Head: Community Development

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