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.

Expropriation Media statements | Media statements

AfriForum intends taking legal action following the rejection of emails on expropriation

By 30/01/202003/11/2020

AfriForum today instructed its legal team to investigate after several people had informed AfriForum that their emails to the parliamentary ad hoc committee on amending the Constitution to provide for expropriation without compensation had been blocked.

AfriForum furthermore welcomes the decision by parliament to extend the period allowed for written submissions to the end of February, and the organisation will not only continue its campaign in this regard but will also consider further legal action because of several flaws in the process.

In 2018 AfriForum applied for a court order for the Constitutional review committee’s report – recommending that the Constitution be amended – to be set aside because of several irregularities in drawing up the report. This application is due to be heard in court later this year.

According to Ernst Roets, AfriForum’s Head of Policy and Action, AfriForum’s campaign against expropriation will continue both within and outside South Africa. “If the government is unable to collect the public’s inputs without irregularities, it is obvious that the process of expropriating land without compensation is also going to be fraught with irregularities,” says Roets.

AfriForum calls on members of the public whose submissions to parliament have been blocked to forward their information to AfriForum at ledesake@afriforum.co.za.

AfriForum also encourages people to sign the petition against expropriation at www.onteiening.co.za.