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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More than 1 000 AfriForum neighbourhood watch members in Free State, North West and KZN take part in national mass patrol

ByAfriForum 16/10/202316/10/2023

On Friday (13 October 2023) at least 1 088 AfriForum neighbourhood watch members from the Free State, North West and KwaZulu-Natal participated in the civil rights organisation’s third national mass patrol of the year in their respective towns, cities and regions. A total of 16 880 km was travelled with 537 vehicles in these three provinces – known in AfriForum ranks as the Central Region.

The Central Region undertook the mass patrol in collaboration with the local South African Police Service (SAPS), emergency services and security companies. AfriForum organises these patrols to, among other things, promote communities’ safety, increase visibility and improve cooperation with the SAPS and security companies.

According to Johnnie van der Walt, AfriForum’s Telecommunications Manager, no serious incidents were reported during Friday’s patrols in this region.

“The Central Region’s neighbourhood watches will undertake continuous actions and patrols in collaboration with the police in order to combat crime in the respective areas. We encourage communities to become part of their local AfriForum neighbourhood watch,” says Van der Walt.