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 taking legal action to ensure transparency of Transnet contracts

ByAfriForum 06/12/202206/12/2022

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today served a PAIA application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act on Transnet. AfriForum’s application demands, among other things, information on all active contracts that Transnet has entered into with its service providers for transport and security, as well as details on the condition of Transnet’s port, train and rail infrastructure. Finally, the PAIA application demands information on the number of criminal complaints of theft that Transnet has made to the South African Police Service (SAPS).

The mismanagement of state-owned enterprises has turned into one of the country’s biggest crises. In the 2020/2021 report of the Auditor-General (AG), Transnet was exposed as one of the biggest culprits and responsible for R31,1 billion in irregular spending and R140 million in fruitless and wasteful expenditure.

“AfriForum was forced to launch this legal action given the serious failures at Transnet. The information obtained from the PAIA application will enable AfriForum to take action against the mismanagement and corruption at Transnet. AfriForum will not be surprised if the PAIA application shows that contracts are awarded to incompetent service providers with political connections,” says Reiner Duvenage, Campaign Officer for Strategy and Content at AfriForum.