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 Uitenhage branch tackles the cleaning of historic landmarks in this town

ByAfriForum 03/10/202303/10/2023

On Saturday (30 September) AfriForum’s Uitenhage branch, in collaboration with other local organisations, embarked on a cleaning operation of important historical landmarks in Kariega (previously known as Uitenhage). This was done as part of the #OnsDorp campaign which is undertaken at a national level by AfriForum branches. Volunteers cleaned the market square and the Anglo-Boer War Monument on this square and painted a wall next to the monument.

According to Wikus van der Walt, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for the Eastern Cape, the preservation of heritage landmarks and sites is essential and that is precisely why it was decided to focus on the maintenance of historic landmarks in this historic town with this cleaning action. “We have to remember where we came from, so we can know where we are going,” explains Van der Walt.

Van der Walt argues that the cooperation between communities and organisations in projects such as these creates hope. “This gives us hope that, despite the government’s failures, communities can stand strong. Taking action with a focus on the community is therefore essential in creating a better future,” says Van der Walt.

“We invite the community to join the Uitenhage branch and help build a better future together,” says Tania Pienaar, chairperson of AfriForum’s Uitenhage branch.