by AfriForum | Jan 23, 2020 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum will address a second letter to Gauteng premier David Makhura today, in which the civil rights organisation will once again voice its discontent over the ongoing chaos at several Gauteng schools as a result of unplaced or incorrectly placed learners. Several...
by AfriForum | Jan 22, 2020 | Environmental affairs Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum welcomed the request by Lindiwe Sisulu, Minister of Water, Sanitation and Human Settlements, that Ekurhuleni Water Care Company (Erwat) must urgently make a point of putting a stop to the pollution of the Vaal River. It is however concerning that the...
by AfriForum | Jan 22, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
AfriForum directed a letter to Nersa on 16 January 2020 requesting an investigation on why the Tshwane Metro has failed to refund pre-paid electricity consumers who were charged an illegal electricity tariff in 2019. This follows a promise made by the Tshwane Metro to...
by AfriForum | Jan 21, 2020 | Media statements, Neighbourhood watches Media statements
The AfriForum neighbourhood watch in Roodepoort on 17 January 2020 held its first monthly crime prevention and mass patrol for 2020. The patrol was well attended by role-players and neighbourhood watch members and four search and rescue teams, four SAPS vehicles,...
by AfriForum | Jan 21, 2020 | Intercultural cooperation, Media statements, Research Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the Basotho Lead-Petitioners (BLP) discussed the restoration of friendly relations between Afrikaners and the Basotho at a meeting in Hlotse, Lesotho on 17 January 2020. A decision was made to draft a memorandum of...