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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Success: AfriForum wins interdict against Department of Social Development in Sunfield Home case

ByAfriForum 27/09/202227/09/2022

The civil rights organisation AfriForum appeared in the High Court in Mpumalanga today, together with Sunfield Home, a home for the disabled, in their case against the Department of Social Development. Judge Roelofse has confirmed that he will grant an order prohibiting the department’s threat to relocate the Sunfield Home residents. The order, by Roelofse, includes the appointment of a lawyer with more than ten years of experience to act as curator ad litem for the residents. The judge will issue an order and written judgment by tomorrow, September 28, at 09:00.

From the get-go, the judge was convinced by AfriForum’s legal team’s court documents.

AfriForum intervened in the case after the state refused to increase the subsidy for Sunfield Home, a home for physically and mentally disabled people, for the past 14 years. The department threatened to displace the state-subsidised residents.

“This is a great victory in a David and Goliath story where the government treats the most vulnerable in our society unfairly and even threatens them,” says Ernst van Zyl, Campaign Officer for Strategy and content.

“Today’s victory emphasises the importance of civil rights organisations like AfriForum in a country with a government without a conscience,” concludes Van Zyl.

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Benoni branch repairs huge amount of potholes in town

ByAfriForum 05/06/202305/06/2023

AfriForum’s Benoni branch tackled potholes during May. Even though the branch repairs potholes throughout the year, the branch decided to…

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AfriForum heads to court over outrageous health regulations

ByAfriForum 09/05/202209/05/2022

The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the public participation platform DearSA began with legal action against government’s decision to permanently…