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 YOUTH HELPS VOLKSRUST COMMUNITY TO CLEAN UP CEMETERY

ByAfriForum 13/04/202103/09/2021

AfriForum Youth on 10 April 2021 assisted in Volksrust to clean up the local cemetery to make it more respectable. After community members approached the youth organisation for assistance, five new slashers were purchased with which to tackle this project.

“The problem originated after the local municipality stopped all maintenance at the cemetery. The community had had enough and wanted to do something about it. On 10 April both young and old entered the cemetery and started with the clean-up. Even local businesses offered their help on the day,” says Petri van der Walt, AfriForum Youth’s National Coordinator for Town Structures.

Some of the tombstones in the cemetery date back to 1851 and there is also a wall of remembrance on the site. There will again be an opportunity to further clean up the cemetery in May.

Talks are currently being held to establish an AfriForum Youth branch in the community so that the youth can become more involved with such projects that are tackled in the town.

“It is nice for me to see a community cooperating so well and taking responsibility themselves as far as the clean-up of the environment is concerned,” says Van der Walt.

Become involved with AfriForum Youth today and help make a difference: Send an email to petri.vanderwalt@afriforum.co.za or SMS “Jeug” to 32687 (R1).