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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.

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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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Bethal’s streets are being repaired

ByAfriForum 28/09/202003/11/2020

On 22 September the AfriForum branch in Bethal in cooperation with the residents repaired potholes. This project has been managed by AfriForum for the last four years, after the Govan Mbeki Municipality failed to repair the roads.

In 2016 AfriForum repaired Kleynhans Street between the N17 and Malherbe Street at a cost of R35 000. This road is one of the busiest roads in town and the need for continuous maintenance is caused by trucks using the road illegally.

The residents of the street, under guidance of Frans Odendaal, now holds an annual fundraising to buy tar to repair the road. During the fundraising more than R6 000 was raised to buy tar. About 250 bags of tar were used to repair these potholes.

The AfriForum branch in Bethal contributed to have the repair work done. During the project repair work was done to Clerque, Kleynhans, Malherbe and Tsibitso Sibanyoni Street.

“This is an excellent example of how a community can work together to solve problems themselves,” says Hennie Bekker, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for the Lowveld.

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