by AfriForum | May 20, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Corruption Media statements
AfriForum directed a letter today to Patricia de Lille, Minister of Public Enterprises and Infrastructure, in which the civil rights organisation demands answers to information received from repatriated people who are now detained under quarantine at the Emperors...
by AfriForum | May 20, 2020 | Community Affairs Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
The COVID-19 task team – comprising AfriForum, Saai and Solidarity Helping Hand – will continue to distribute food despite government’s dictatorial attempts to control food donations and distribution. The task team is strongly opposed to the guidelines announced by...
by AfriForum | May 19, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum is concerned about an advertisement of the Gauteng Department of Education that invites unemployed youths between the ages of 18 and 35 to apply for the opportunity to be trained as members of so-called COVID-19 school brigades. According to the...
by AfriForum | May 19, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s private prosecutions unit led by Adv Gerrie Nel is investigating the recent incident of unfair and arbitrary behaviour by traffic officers at Dwarskersbos. The unit is assisting Ludwig Gericke, who was arrested and manhandled on 9 May 2020 in front of...
by AfriForum | May 18, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
AfriForum’s Southern Cape branches, with help from farmer friends, received potato donations from the Vaalharts irrigation scheme near Christiana. The consignment of 28 tons of potatoes with an estimated value of R105 000, was delivered in George on 15 May 2020, from...
by AfriForum | May 18, 2020 | Community Affairs Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
The COVID-19 task team founded by the civil rights organisation AfriForum and the family farmer network Saai donated 10 000 nutritious Genesis instant meals to Special Olympics South Africa (SOSA) at their head office in Bryanston today in cooperation with Laeveld...