by AfriForum | Jun 1, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Neighbourhood watches Media statements
Albert Fritz, Minster of Community Safety in the Western Cape, announced today that the National Secretary of the SAPS had indicated that neighbourhood watches may once again resume their operations. This follows AfriForum writing to Bheki Cele, Minister of Police,...
by AfriForum | Jun 1, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit demanded in a letter to the mayor of Dwarskersbos today that Jerome Pedro, a traffic officer in Dwarskersbos, be suspended pending an impartial and fair investigation into his conduct. The unit is acting on behalf of five people...
by AfriForum | Jun 1, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, International liaison Media statements
AfriForum is demanding answers from all the relevant state departments, including the Department of Home Affairs and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), regarding the confusion that is currently prevailing with regard to the return of...
by AfriForum | May 29, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum is still concerned over the ongoing plan by the Gauteng Department of Education, in which the department plans to deploy unemployed youths – between the ages of 18 and 35 – to schools in Gauteng. According to a media conference today, the brigades will have...
by AfriForum | May 29, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Investigation and trauma unit Media statements
The COVID-19 task team – established by the civil rights organisation AfriForum, the family farming network Saai and Solidarity Helping Hand – today delivered donations at the Sonstraaltjie Nursery School in Brits, as well as 2 tonnes dogfood donated by Top Tail and...
by AfriForum | May 28, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
AfriForum calls on Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs, to recall the irrational regulations announced for risk level 3. For example, the Tshwane and Ekurhuleni metros are classified as hotspots, while Tshwane...