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 Piet Retief neighbourhood watch holds mass patrol

Byafriforum 19/09/201903/11/2020

AfriForum’s neighbourhood watch in Piet Retief undertook yet another successful mass patrol on 13 September 2019.

The local SAPS made 16 members and six vehicles available to participate in the patrol. A convoy visited every sector in Piet Retief to increase visibility. Altogether, 24 vehicles and 52 members participated in the patrol, which lasted throughout the night.

“It is important to us to patrol regularly to ensure continuous visibility in the community, thereby limiting crime in our town,” says Gerhard Böhmer, Chairperson of AfriForum’s Piet Retief neighbourhood. “The community’s inputs and help are much appreciated and contribute to the safety of everyone in Piet Retief.”

“It is wonderful that the Piet Retief neighbourhood watch and all role-players in the town could put together such a large team to make a difference in the town. We are especially grateful to the SAPS for being willing to participate in the patrol,” says Bronwen Pretorius, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for the Highveld.

Join AfriForum’s Piet Retief neighbourhood watch today: SMS “Buurtwag” to 45350 (R1).