by AfriForum | Nov 4, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
Eskom confirmed in a letter to AfriForum dated 4 November 2020 that it retracted a decision to cut the Matlosana Municipality’s electricity. This follows AfriForum’s letter to Eskom as well the Municipality on 30 October in which the civil rights organisation...
by AfriForum | Nov 4, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum submitted commentary today against the intended amendments to the South African Police Service Act 68 of 1995 (the Police Act). The purpose of the amendments is to amend the Police Act to such an extent that the Minister of Police inter alia has the power to...
by AfriForum | Nov 3, 2020 | Media statements, Neighbourhood watches Media statements
The SAPS’s Visible Policing Unit (Vispol) in Springs invited AfriForum’s Springs neighbourhood watch to participate in the SAPS’s mass visibility patrol on 30 October 2020. This patrol forms part of the SAPS’s festive season safety initiative and involves...
by AfriForum | Nov 2, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) informed AfriForum’s private prosecution unit in writing that they have officially decided to dismiss the eight complaints against persons that were arrested in Ballito during level 5 of lockdown for the so-called infringement...
by AfriForum | Nov 2, 2020 | Media statements, Expropriation Media statements
Representatives of the civil rights organisation AfriForum attended the public hearing on amendments to Section 25 of the Constitution in Saldanha on 3 October. Deon de Jager, AfriForum’s Head of Community Structures for the South Region, spoke at the hearing....
