Cultural Affairs

Your one-stop education information page

This page wants to help you as parent or teacher with problem situations in and around your school, or address education-related issues. Join the AfriForum Education group on Facebook for the latest news in the world of education. 

How to use the page:

1. Read through “Regular issues” and see whether your complaint is addressed. If so, kindly contact the person indicated there. 
2. If not, leave a detailed message in the block below with all the required contact information. We will reply to your message as soon as possible and provide you with the necessary help or support to resolve your problem. 
3. Please remember that we can unfortunately not take on individual cases, but only cases that affect a whole school or community. 

AfriForum Education
Carien Bloem
carien.bloem@antiek.afriforum.co.za

Anti-bully campaign
Leandie Lombaard
leandie.brasler@antiek.afriforum.co.za

FEDSAS
www.fedsas.org.za

SAOU
www.saou.co.za

Melanie Buys
Education consultant
melanie@skoleondersteuningsentrum.co.za

Helping Hand:
Hannie Viljoen
hannie@helpendehand.co.za

Study fund
Yolandi Theron
ytheron@helpendehand.co.za

Akademia
www.akademia.ac.za

AROS
www.aros.ac.za

AfriForum Youth
Henk Maree
henk.maree@antiek.afriforum.co.za

De Goede Hoop University Hostel
Salet Scheffer
admin@degoedehoop.co.za

AfriForum’s trauma victim support unit
trauma@antiek.afriforum.co.za

Regular issues:

1. Personal problems between parents and schools:
   Contact the school’s governing body for guidance
2. Learners with disabilities:
   Direct a query to AfriForum’s trauma victim support unit
3. Racism and threats against learners and staff:
   Contact FEDSAS or the parent governing body
   Threats against staff: SAOU
   
4. Bullies and vitimisation:
   Contact AfriForum’s trauma victim support unit or Leandie Lombaard
5. Changed dates i.t.o. school holidays that the Department published incorrectly or never published:
   Contact FEDSAS or the SAOU
6. Study queries or financial problems that affect studies:
   Contact Akademia or Helping Hand (Stefan Pieterse)
   
7. Queries about anti-rape and self-defense sessions:
   Contact AfriForum’s trauma victim support unit
8. Dishonesty over marks:
   Contact FEDSAS
9. Suspicious figures i.t.o. fails:
   Contact FEDSAS
10. Book donations:
    Contact AfriForum Education (Carien Bloem)
11. Problems with online registrations:
    Contact FEDSAS
12. Children who suffer from attention deficit disorder:
    Contact AfriForum’s trauma victim support unit
13. Harassment:
    Contact AfriForum’s trauma victim support unit and Leandie Lombaard
14. Schools with financial problems
    Contact Helping Hand (Hannie Viljoen)
15. Governing body matters
    Contact FEDSAS or Melanie Buys
16. Queries regarding school fees
    Contact FEDSAS or Melanie Buys
17. Financial donations for learners
    Contact Helping Hand (Hannie Viljoen or Stefan Pieterse) or Akademia
18. Sponsoring school teams, tour groups and the like
    Unfortunately not granted
19. University queries
    AfriForum Youth (Henk Maree)
20. Mother-tongue education
    AfriForum Education (Carien Bloem)
21. Dink of Sink
    AfriForum Education (Carien Bloem)
22. Problems with discipline in schools 
    AfriForum Education (Carien Bloem)
23. Private training as teacher
    Contact AROS
24. Private tertiary education
    Contact Akademia
25. Accommodation for tertiary students in Pretoria
    Contact De Goede Hoop (Salet Scheffer)