by AfriForum | Jul 28, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Corruption Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today directed a written request to Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the Public Protector, to launch an enquiry into the R6 million that the non-profit company Supplier Development Initiatives had received. The company was co-founded by...
by AfriForum | Jul 24, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
AfriForum today directed a letter to Lt Gen Yolisa Matakata, Western Cape Police Commissioner, in which the organisation requests reasons for the unnecessary, excessive force used on members of the tourism industry. The organisation is shocked by the brutality used by...
by AfriForum | Jul 22, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum’s active membership has just passed the quarter million milestone and currently boasts 250 054 members. The organisation’s membership stood at 237 000 members at the start of lockdown in March, which means that it recorded a net...
by AfriForum | Jul 21, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, International liaison Media statements
AfriForum has just sent an urgent lawyer’s letter to the relevant authorities on behalf of a group of South Africans currently being quarantined at the Peermont Metcourt Hotel at Emperors Palace. The group has been told that they will have to stay in quarantine at the...
by AfriForum | Jul 18, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, International liaison Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum welcomes regulations that have just been published in the Government Gazette. These regulations stipulate that people returning to South Africa from abroad may self-isolate for a fixed period. This means that AfriForum’s...
by AfriForum | Jul 16, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit today supported members of the community in the municipal investigation into the misbehaviour of among others Jerome Pedro and Tertius Pool, traffic officers of the Bergrivier Municipality, as well as Adv. Hanlie Linde, the...