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 warns against heat wave; shares safety tips during these conditions

ByAfriForum 07/02/202407/02/2024

AfriForum warns against heat wave conditions that are expected to last until Sunday 11 February across parts of the country. Provinces affected by these conditions are the Free State, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal. This heat wave increases the risk for wildfires with conditions also favourable for runaway wildfires. Furthermore, these extremely hot conditions also pose the danger for people, especially the elderly and children, to easily dehydrate.

AfriForum has compiled a summarising guide on how to be ready when your immediate surroundings are affected by a heat wave. This includes, among other things, how to take precautions for this extreme heat as well as tips on survival during and after a heat wave.

Some of the tips summarised in the guide to be safe during a heat wave include never leaving any adults, children and pets in vehicles; to wear light colours and cotton clothing; to take a cold shower or bath regularly to bring your body temperature down; to drink enough water and electrolytes often; and – if possible – to avoid any exercise or work in the midday heat.

“During a heat wave it is especially important that precautions are taken for the elderly, children and pets such as drinking enough fluids and staying out of the sun to prevent heat cramps, heat exhaustion or sunstroke,” says Tarien Cooks, Disaster Management Specialist for AfriForum.

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