by AfriForum | Jun 10, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), Corona Blog, Blogs, Other Blogs
By Marnus Kamfer Firearm amnesty. Words that have created a plethora of questions and a real rumpus among firearm owners. While Police Minister Bheki Cele has already applied for a firearm amnesty period – following the expiry of the previous period on 31 May 2020 –...
by AfriForum | May 6, 2020 | Blogs, Other Blogs
By Hennie Human, victim support officer at AfriForum’s Trauma Support Unit “Is something wrong with me? I don’t know myself anymore.” These are the words of a young mother whose six-year-old son died in a car accident. She relates how her marriage is falling apart,...
by AfriForum | Apr 24, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), Corona Blog, Blogs, Other Blogs
While some people do have enough food and other supplies to live comfortably during the lockdown, many others are in a much different position. Dr Johan Böning of Solidarity Helping Hand says 782 needy families were provided with food and hand sanitisers from 4 to...
by AfriForum | Apr 9, 2020 | Blogs, Other Blogs
By Marnus Kamfer, Legal and Risk Manager for Community Safety The lives of all in South Africa completely changed on 15 March 2020 when the state of disaster was announced. Rights and privileges we took as granted were taken away overnight by regulations that came...
by AfriForum | Apr 2, 2020 | Blogs, Other Blogs
By Johan Kloppers Before asking what the symptoms of trauma are, it is important to first understand what trauma is. Thousands of people survive traumatic events and experience daily trauma; even family members and friends of victims are left traumatised after events....
by AfriForum | Apr 2, 2020 | Corona Blog, Blogs, Other Blogs
Dr. Eugene Brink, AfriForum’s Strategic Advisor for Community Affairs COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown in South Africa have taken the public by surprise in more ways than one, and the confusion on how it impacts some situations is bound to continue for a while....
