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 Walker Drive neighbourhood watch catches cable thief

ByAfriForum 16/11/202316/11/2023

AfriForum’s Walker Drive neighbourhood watch in Gqeberha caught and arrested a copper cable thief in the act on 10 November. This follows after an AfriForum neighbourhood watch member noticed an individual pulling cables from a power box in Kabega Road.

The suspect was arrested and handed over to the South African Police Service (SAPS). Atlas Security provided assistance until the SAPS arrived on the scene.

“As a result of the neighbourhood watch member’s attentiveness, close observation and quick action, the suspect was successfully arrested. The community is the eyes and ears in a neighbourhood and therefore community involvement at a neighbourhood watch is of extreme importance. We urgently appeal to the community to contact their local AfriForum neighbourhood watch to aid in incidents like these where crime can be prevented with the help of the community,” explains Hannes Oosthuizen, neighbourhood watch leader at AfriForum’s Walker Drive neighbourhood watch.

“We simply cannot allow important infrastructure to be torn down and carried away. Cable theft causes great damage and losses, not only to municipalities, but also to businesses and residents. The police cannot fight crime alone. That is why we want to encourage residents to join the neighbourhood watch so that crime can be combated effectively,” says Wikus van der Walt, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for the Greater Eastern Cape.

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