by AfriForum | May 12, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum has voiced its concern that the South African government is using the COVID-19 pandemic to promote its ideologies and to severely violate citizens’ rights. This comes after several disturbing incidents involving peace officers...
by AfriForum | May 8, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
AfriForum welcomes the directive by Lt Gen Moeketsi David Sempe on 7 May 2020 that confirms, among others, that firearm licencing is now allowed and that police offices must accept renewal applications of firearm licences and competency certificates. This directive...
by AfriForum | May 8, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum on 7 May 2020 launched its Western Cape immune system initiative in collaboration with Solidarity Helping Hand in the Cape Town metropolitan and the Overstrand during which various old-age homes in the northern suburbs received...
by AfriForum | May 8, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, International liaison Media statements
In an urgent letter sent to the Ministers of Health, of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), and of Public Works last night, the civil rights organisation AfriForum demanded that South Africans who are being repatriated should be informed more regularly...
by AfriForum | May 7, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Corruption Media statements
In a letter sent to Patricia de Lille, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure today, AfriForum requested that her department investigate the Department of Health’s Zithabeseni quarantine camp located near Groblersdal. This follows after the North Gauteng High...
by AfriForum | May 6, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum won the case regarding the Department of Health’s COVID-19 quarantine camp in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria today. The court ruled that the camp where more than a 100 people are currently kept should be closed...
