Media statements and blogs
8 out of 9 provinces’ support for BELA proves disregard for public interests – AfriForum
According to AfriForum, the fact that eight out of the country’s nine provinces support the current version of the controversial…
“Slaughtering of white people” case: HRC gets green light to argue case that Malema is not guilty of hate speech
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (HRC) application for leave to appeal a court ruling against the commission regarding statements…
Coal and diesel contracts: Eskom’s playing for time, warns AfriForum
Eskom’s plans to appeal against last week’s court ruling from the Gauteng High Court – in which it was determined…
Rand Water case: Water cuts may be a thing of the past after AfriForum intervened
The implementation of water cuts as a debt collection mechanism for outstanding debts, such as that which Rand Water recently…
AfriForum celebrates 18 years of doing it themselves
AfriForum, an organisation that today represents more than 315 000 members in every corner of the country, celebrates its eighteenth…
New firefighting equipment gears AfriForum’s Walker Drive Neighbourhood Watch even better for “flaming battles”
Sherwood, a community that knows all too well that dry, hot weather and forest and wildfires in the Windy City…
Diesel and coal contracts: Court orders Eskom to disclose withheld information
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria today ordered Eskom to disclose requested information regarding its existing coal and diesel contracts…
Additional cases opened against alleged holiday swindler Francois Swart
Days ahead of Priority Escapes owner Francois Swart’s appearance in the Modimolle Magistrates Court, AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit helped yet…
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy hides NERSA’s underperformance with incomplete integrated resource plan
The integrated resource plan (IRP) announced by Gwede Mantashe, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, in January, is incomplete,…
Broken fences
by Johan Nortjé The existence of borders is a contested issue. For refugees escaping persecution or economic despair, a border…
The NHI Bill: Why it should be rejected
By Zel-Marí Gelderblom Most South Africans are of the view that the National Health Insurance (NHI) should be opposed, especially…
CSA’s SJN transformation process, Mark Boucher and Graeme Smith’s innocence
Cricket South Africa (CSA) launched an investigation into the Social Justice and Nation Building (SJN) transformation process in 2021. During…
ANC demonstrates that it is still determined to continue meddling in matters of private property
In 2021 the ANC failed to achieve in parliament the constitutional amendment that would have enabled the expropriation of private…
WHEN LAWS BECOME WEAPONS
By Johan Nortje When ordinary people have preposterous ideas, it (luckily) never goes further than their immediate environment – it…
THE NEED FOR AN INDEPENDENT SPORT MOVEMENT
By Ronald Peters South Africa is without any doubt one of the sport countries in the world that is most…