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 takes legal action against unlawful interception of communication

ByAfriForum 21/09/202121/09/2021

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today submitted a PAIA application to the joint standing committee on intelligence. This follows after Bess Nkabinde, retired judge of the Constitutional Court’s intelligence report revealed irregularities about police officers who, under false pretences, gain access to people’s private communication. On the basis of this, AfriForum instructed its legal team to investigate possible legal action.

The intelligence report was submitted to parliament’s joint standing committee on intelligence on September 10, and it pointed out, among other things, that the technology and systems used to monitor these applications and cases are outdated and unreliable. There is also no way to verify the applications for interception as the reasons given to motivate the applications are often false.

AfriForum’s legal team urgently demands answers to how many of the interceptions led to investigations, arrests, prosecutions and sentencing as well as for how long an application to intercept communication is valid.

“It is extremely worrying that a culture of corruption, together with broken systems and mismanagement, has also left a gap in the South African Intelligence Service for abuse of power and criminal activities,” saysJacques Broodryk, Campaign Manager at AfriForum.