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.

Campaigns and petitions

Nationalisation of sport

Byafriforum 18/02/202003/11/2020

The South African government proposed legislation in December 2019 that will put all sport under the authority of the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture.

These proposals include the following:

Complete control over every sport federation, as well as the implementation of rules and regulations, as the Minister sees fit;
Complete control over the erection, maintenance and inspection of sport facilities;
No international sport event may be hosted in South Africa or application submitted to host such an event without the Minister’s approval;
The Minister may appoint a committee to control all combat sport in South Africa; and
The Minister may appoint a committee to regulate the whole fitness industry in South Africa.

According to the ANC government, these proposals are aimed at promoting equality and correcting the mistakes of the past.

AfriForum says NO. The proposed legislation is nothing more than an attempt to transfer all power over South African sport to the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture. We cannot allow sport to be nationalised.

Media statement: https://afriforum.co.za/en/afriforum-submits-commentary-against-proposed-sport-legislation/

Add your name to AfriForum’s commentary on this Bill to prevent the complete collapse of South African sport.

See the commentary here.

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