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 Springs branch ready to fight local riots

ByAfriForum 01/09/202301/09/2023

AfriForum’s Springs branch is now ready to fight riots in this East Rand town. A surge in violent protest actions in Springs forced this branch to place an increased focus on community safety. New safety equipment was purchased last week and neighbourhood watch members also recently completed training in effective crowd control.

Special shields used for riot control as well as helmets and arm and leg protection were purchased for the branch’s neighbourhood watch team.

According to Jurie Ferreira, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for the East Rand, this neighbourhood watch is now fully equipped to offer assistance in cases where violent protest actions endanger residents and infrastructure in this town.

“The purchase of this equipment is proof of how a community can organise itself and of what community structures with a strong support base can achieve. In this case, it is each AfriForum member’s financial contribution that makes this branch grow from strength to strength,” says Ferreira.

Get involved with AfriForum’s Springs branch today. Send an email to springs@afriforumtak.co.za.