Media statements and blogs
AfriForum files court documents to place Ngwathe Local Municipality under provincial administration
AfriForum submitted court documents this week in which this civil rights organisation requests that the Ngwathe Local Municipality be placed…
Hawks corruption probe of Unisa senior managers is at the centre of efforts to silence acting CFO
The cooperation of Unisa’s acting CFO in a Hawks investigation into corruption at the institution has emerged as a possible…
Alleged political assassin walks following Crime Intelligence’s refusal to engage with Private Prosecution Unit
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit has secured potentially critical evidence that could solve the investigation into the politically motivated assassination of…
AfriForum files criminal complaint against Municipal Manager over sewage spillage in Vaal River
Community intervenes in water lettuce crisis, government holds aimless meetings The civil rights organisation AfriForum today laid criminal charges against…
AfriForum views BELA Bill as an attempt at cultural ethnic cleansing
That eight of the country’s nine provincial legislators today gave the green light to the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill…
East Rand neighbourhood watches respond to 25 incidents during national patrol
The AfriForum neighbourhood watches on the East Rand took part in the organisation’s national mass patrol on 19 April and…
AfriForum’s Eastern Cape neighbourhood watches cover nearly 3 300 km during national patrol
AfriForum’s Eastern Cape neighbourhood watches joined forces with AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches in every corner of the country during this civil…
Community Safety Unit established in the Midlands
Last weekend, the AfriForum branch in the Midlands brought together a team of volunteers to establish a Community Safety Unit…
AfriForum finds no reassurance in the so-called concessions to the BELA Bill
AfriForum finds no reassurance in the announced amendments to the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (better known as the BELA…
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…