by AfriForum | May 28, 2020 | Campaigns and petitions
The ANC’s ban on tobacco products is irrational. The incomprehensibility of the government in this regard is a threat to people’s civil rights. AfriForum therefore fights for the freedom of communities to not be subjected to preposterous regulations such as these....
by AfriForum | May 28, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today served a lawyer’s letter on the Minister of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, in which the Minister is informed that the organisation will take further legal action if the smoking...
by AfriForum | May 26, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Research Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum wrote a letter to Dr Zweli Mkhize, Minister of Health today, calling for the disclosure of COVID-19 information, including the protocol being followed for reporting a death as a COVID-19 death. This resulted from limited...
by AfriForum | May 22, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Intercultural cooperation, Media statements, Heritage and culture Media statements
AfriForum and the Princess Gabo Foundation are empowering the Tswana community to fight COVID-19 by creating and distributing instructions in Setswana to community members to make homemade washable masks. The instructions will be distributed and the mask making effort...
by AfriForum | May 21, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), Corona Blog, Blogs
By Marnus Kamfer A person with a valid permit to travel during the lockdown is pulled over by the SAPS. They insist on seeing the driver’s permit, which he produces immediately. Not satisfied, the officer wants to search the vehicle. The driver has nothing to hide and...
