by AfriForum | Oct 12, 2017 | Archives
AfriForum and AfriBusiness today submitted their written comments regarding Eskom’s electricity increase for the 2018/2019 financial year to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). These organisations argue that the costs of Eskom’s alleged corrupt...
by AfriForum | Oct 11, 2017 | Archives
The AfriForum branch in Margate submitted a complaint to the South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) after ongoing water problems in communities served by the Ugu District Municipality. The HRC was requested to perform a complete investigation into these...
by AfriForum | Oct 11, 2017 | Archives
The court application of the civil rights organisation AfriForum, which amongst others requires the Lim 368 Local Municipality to clean up the Naboomspruit landfill site, was heard in the North Gauteng High Court on 10 October 2017. Judgement was reserved. This...
by AfriForum | Oct 10, 2017 | Archives
The civil rights organisation AfriForum on 7 October 2017 put its hand to the plough to clean up the area surrounding the Moreleta Spruit in cooperation with the Garslink Community Policing Forum (CPF), police reservists, various private security companies (including...
by AfriForum | Oct 6, 2017 | Archives
The legal process that AfriForum and Miss Gabriella Engels brought against Mrs Grace Mugabe and the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation took an interesting turn today after the Zimbabwean Embassy unexpectedly withdrew from the court proceedings after...
by AfriForum | Oct 6, 2017 | Archives
AfriForum audited the Hatherley landfill site in Mamelodi on 4 October this year and found that applying pressure to municipalities does indeed bear fruit. This landfill site adhered to only 16% of the minimum requirements according to AfriForum’s 2016 landfill...