by AfriForum | Aug 17, 2021 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum says there is no judicial or factual grounds to postpone the municipal elections. This forms part of AfriForum’s application to the Constitutional Court to be allowed as a Friend of the Court (amicus curiae). This application...
by AfriForum | Aug 16, 2021 | Environmental affairs Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum audited 153 landfill sites across South Africa this year as part of the organisation’s national project to measure the quality of landfill sites in South Africa. None of the seven landfill sites that were audited in the Eastern Cape complied with national...
by AfriForum | Aug 14, 2021 | Media statements, AfriForum Youth Media statements
In a letter to Prof. Wim de Villiers, rector and vice-chancellor of the University Stellenbosch today, AfriForum Youth submitted commentary on the proposed second version of the US language policy. 14 August is Afrikaans Language Day. Amongst others, the student...
by AfriForum | Aug 14, 2021 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements, Language Media statements
As required, AfriForum submitted comments on the second draft of a revised language policy of Stellenbosch University (SU) by the deadline of 14 August 2021. Although the university’s task team made an effort to prove that comments made on the first version of the...
by AfriForum | Aug 13, 2021 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
On 12 August 2021 Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, announced the new 100 MW limit for private power generation without a licence after continued pressure by AfriForum. Dr Eugene Brink, Strategic Advisor for Community Affairs at AfriForum, says...
