by AfriForum | Jun 5, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum and AfriForum Youth on 5 June 2020 distributed more aid packages for schools all over the country as part of the #AfriForumStandsTogether for Schools project. This followed after requests from hundreds of schools were received by the civil rights watchdog...
by AfriForum | Jun 5, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
AfriForum is sending an urgent letter to the relevant authorities today on behalf of a group of South Africans currently quarantined in Coastlands, a hotel in Durban. The approximately 160 people are part of a group that arrived by ship in port. They are supposed to...
by AfriForum | Jun 4, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today laid charges at the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights against the South African government over the draconic regulations and the brutal enforcement of the lockdown to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In...
by AfriForum | Jun 3, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Corruption Media statements
AfriForum today achieved a victory in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria when Judge J. W. Louw granted the civil rights organisation’s urgent application to declare the regulations (that forbids self-isolation) of Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister of...
by AfriForum | Jun 3, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the family farm network Saai will fight any resistance from the state against neighbourhood and farm watches who resume legal operations. These organisations encourage neighbourhood watches to continue patrols despite cases...
by AfriForum | Jun 2, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
AfriForum welcomes the ruling by the North Gauteng High Court on 2 June 2020 that the regulations of level 4 and level 3 of the lockdown are unconstitutional and invalid. The regulations for level 3 are however still in place, because the court suspended the...