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 puts the president on terms regarding impending National Health Insurance

ByAfriForum 01/12/202201/12/2022

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today placed President Cyril Ramaphosa on terms regarding the ANC-dominated parliamentary portfolio committee for health’s announcement that they intend to have the National Health Insurance Bill approved by parliament by 6 December 2022. The organisation stands at the ready to approach the courts if National Health Insurance (NHI) is implemented and is prepared to fight the battle for quality healthcare all the way to the highest court.

“The government wants the sole right and power to decide on health care for everyone in the country. This means that the same government that leaves you in the dark because they ran Eskom into the ground will decide about you and your family’s health care. This will mean that no one will have proper access to doctors, medicines, hospital beds and other essential medical services. Furthermore, your taxes will also be increased significantly to finance this scheme. It will amount to billions. This while you, as a taxpayer, are already contributing to the current public health care system which is managed so badly,” says Reiner Duvenage, Campaign Officer for Strategy and Content at AfriForum.

AfriForum participated in the legislation process from the outset and argues that NHI is unaffordable and will be susceptible to the same mismanagement and corruption seen in other state-owned entities.

“The fund is going to be by far the largest fund under state management and control, which gives the ANC the opportunity to further waste and steal your tax money. Just look at the state of government hospitals. The state has already proven that it does not have the capacity to effectively manage public health. The government’s intentions to push through national health insurance are nothing more than a desperate attempt to rally support among the same people who suffer from their failures and do not have access to quality health care,” concludes Duvenage.