by AfriForum | Jan 11, 2017 | Archives
“AfriForum’s legal team is ready for participation as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the legal case to protect the practice of religion in schools.” That was the reaction of this civil rights organisation after it became clear that the case in which six...
by AfriForum | Jan 11, 2017 | Archives
AfriForum is concerned about the large number of learners who have not been placed in schools for 2017. The fact that numerous provinces do not have enough schools to accommodate learners once again indicates that the Department of Education is incompetent and...
by AfriForum | Jan 10, 2017 | Archives
The AfriForum branch in Nylstroom repaired a clogged drainage ditch. The clogging caused stormwater to dam up in Nelson Mandela Street, the entrance road to the town just after the train bridge. Chris Boshoff, AfriForum’s Regional Coordinator for Limpopo, says this...
by AfriForum | Jan 10, 2017 | Archives
After the AfriForum Youth branch in Piet Retief tackled a pothole and kerbstone repair action in front of the entrance to the municipal offices in August 2016, the Mkhondo Local Municipality recently took the initiative to repair the parking area at the town hall by...
by AfriForum | Jan 10, 2017 | Archives
AfriForum warns Eskom and the government that the repercussions of the North Gauteng High Court’s ruling that certain municipalities’ electricity supply may be cut, will impoverish the unstable economy of these rural towns. The civil rights organisation will...
by AfriForum | Jan 5, 2017 | Archives
AfriForum and AfriBusiness today announced their disappointment after Judge Fabricius ruled in Eskom’s favour that now allows the power supplier to cut the power supply of the public as a result of various municipalities’ neglect to pay their Eskom accounts. Eskom...
