by AfriForum | Jun 4, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
AfriForum’s Brits branch compiled a petition after Eskom threatened to cut off the electricity to the town and the surrounding areas from 3 July 2020 due to the debt owed by the Madibeng Local Municipality. The Municipality owes approximately R138 million to Eskom and...
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...
by AfriForum | Jun 2, 2020 | Media statements, Language Media statements
AfriForum and AfriForum Youth take note of a document circulated by the management of the University of South Africa (Unisa) that announces that all staff and students at this institution henceforth have to know at least one African language. Both civil rights...
by AfriForum | Jun 2, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), Media statements, National health insurance Media statements
AfriForum condemns President Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement that the COVID-19 pandemic is a building block for the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI). The civil rights organisation will continue to fight the implementation of this destructive policy....
