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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AfriForum deploys community safety structures in Groblersdal amid rising tensions

ByAfriForum 07/02/202407/02/2024

The civil rights organisation AfriForum is aware of a large gathering planned by political parties in Groblersdal as the case of a father and son accused of allegedly assaulting a security guard continues in court.

According to Llewelynn Hemmens, AfriForum’s Head of Safety for the Northern Region, the organisation’s community safety structures are already present in Groblersdal to ensure the safety of the community and to protect possible targets such as schools and retirement homes, and vulnerable community members amid rising tensions. AfriForum has established a clear line of communication with the local South African Police Service (SAPS) and will ensure that the organisations’ presence here has a stabilising effect within the confines of the law.

“AfriForum’s top priority is to keep the Groblersdal community safe from any group which seeks to cause chaos or further escalate tensions,” Hemmens concludes.

AfriForum will keep its members and the public up to date with developments. All updates on the situation as it unfolds will also be provided on AfriForum’s social media platforms.