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.

AFRIFORUM’S GAUTENG NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCHES TAKES PART IN NATIONAL PATROL

ByAfriForum 17/03/202103/09/2021

AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches in their respective areas of Gauteng participated in the civil rights organisation’s national patrol on 12 March 2021 in order to improve policing visibility. The patrol took place in cooperation with the SAPS, local community policing forums, community members, various security companies and other security role players.

A total of 548 AfriForum members and 390 other patrollers completed 22 533 km in 489 vehicles. The patrol started at 16:00 and continued until 06:00, during which the neighbourhood watches assisted in 102 incidents. They assisted in apprehending reckless and drunk drivers; at several motor vehicle accident scenes and various road blocks during which people were arrested for being in possession of drugs; and a case where two people were struck by lightning.

“Visibility plays a significant role in combatting crime and AfriForum’s Gauteng neighbourhood watches will continually launch projects and organise regular patrols to curb crime in cooperation with the SAPS and security institutions. We have also seen that cooperation with different role players contributes to deter criminals,” says Llewellynn Hemmens, AfriForum’s Provincial Safety Coordinator for Gauteng.

“AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches not only focus on visibility initiatives, but ensure that other projects take place to improve vigilance within communities. They also work towards establishing relationships with other role players,” says Hillel Coetzer, AfriForum’s Head of Community Safety for the northern region.

Get involved with AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches and improve safety in your town: SMS “neighbourhood watch” to 45353 (R1).