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’s East Rand neighbourhood watches receive VCP training

Byafriforum 03/09/201903/11/2020

Approximately 57 members of AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches in Boksburg, Brakpan, Edenvale, Kempton Park, Germiston and Springs on 28 August 2019 received vehicle control point (VCP) training. This training was presented in Kempton Park by Col. Wouter Heyneke, an SAPS reservist in Kempton Park.

The training mainly focused on applicable definitions, judicial requirements, execution and safety aspects of SAPS road blocks. The positioning, management, logistics, as well as the correct procedures to demobilise and search vehicles while also searching people – everything under the leadership of the SAPS – were discussed.

Col. Heyneke emphasised the importance of communities increasingly becoming involved in the fight against crime. “The SAPS is only as competent and powerful as the community allows. The community is the eyes and ears of the police.”

“The training was a huge success and once again highlights the importance of community participation in safety initiatives in our town. This partnership is indispensable and we ought to develop and extend it on a daily basis,” says Gerhard Cilliers, Chairperson of AfriForum’s Brakpan branch.

Become involved at your local AfriForum neighbourhood watch today: SMS “Buurtwag” to 45342 (R1).