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.

AfriForum neighbourhood watch strikes painful blow to zama zamas

ByAfriForum 30/10/202330/10/2023

Three illegal miners – known as zama zamas – were arrested and a number of zama zamas chased from their hiding place during an operation in the Primrose area on Wednesday, 25 October. AfriForum’s Germiston neighbourhood watch provided assistance to the South African Police Service (SAPS) during the operation.

According to Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum’s spokesperson for community safety, a small-scale war erupted when illegal miners armed with AK47s opened fire on security forces. However, this was met with tactical counterfire. No injuries were reported. Homemade explosive devices, firearms, ammunition, and a stolen vehicle were seized.

The Primrose community has been harassed by illegal miners for several years in what some now describe as a “turf war”.

“We are very proud of and grateful to our neighbourhood watch members who are willing to take the safety of their communities into their own hands within the framework of the law. This success just shows once again how effectively the statutory forces and community security structures can work together in the fight against crime,” says Broodryk.

Role players involved in this operation were: AfriForum, Forum Sekuriteit, Mamba Security, CPS Security, Graphite Security, Primrose and Germiston SAPS, Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and the Local Criminal Records Centre (LCRC).

Join your nearest AfriForum neighbourhood watch at www.afriforumbuurtwag.co.za.