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.

Media statements

AfriForum calls on communities to strengthen safety structures and get organised

ByAfriForum 22/02/202322/02/2023

The civil rights organisation AfriForum has called on communities to continue building and improving civilian safety structures such as neighbourhood watches.

This follows the release of the latest crime statistics by the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele. According to the statistics, there has been an increase in violent crime including murder, assault and robberies between October 2022 and December 2022.

Cele himself admitted that the statistics don’t paint an overall positive picture of the crime situation in South Africa. According to AfriForum, this is not surprising, seeing as the police have themselves admitted that they cannot fulfil their mandate.

Cele also admitted that the police cannot combat crime by themselves and that communities need to get more involved in the fight against crime.

“This is an ironic comment by the minister seeing as AfriForum has been urging communities to do exactly this for years because of the police’s failures. It is very clear that the SAPS cannot do their job effectively,” says Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum’s spokesperson for Community Safety.

“AfriForum has 160 neighbourhood and farm watch structures countrywide and we’d like to urge more members of the public to find the closest one to them and get involved. The safety of your community is in your own hands,” concludes Broodryk.

Join your nearest AfriForum neighbourhood watch by visiting www.afriforumbuurtwag.co.za.