by AfriForum | May 5, 2020 | Media statements, Corruption Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum laid a charge of corruption at the Wierdabrug police station in Centurion today. This follows the Gauteng government awarding an unlawful contract to the IT company In2IT, with which Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng MEC for Education,...
by AfriForum | May 5, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Corruption Media statements
AfriForum and Solidarity’s legal teams today issued court documents wherein they approach the Constitutional Court directly on an urgent basis to appeal against the High Court’s judgment that gave the Department of Tourism the green light to use race as criterion when...
by AfriForum | May 3, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), Media statements
AfriForum arranged today for a team that offers medical services to visit the appalling Zithabeseni quarantine camp close to Groblersdal in order for the approximately 107 residents – who haven’t been tested for COVID-19 by the state – to be tested at own cost. Not...
by AfriForum | Apr 30, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Corruption Media statements
AfriForum has instructed its legal team to approach the Constitutional Court directly with an application to appeal the ruling by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria that allows the Department of Tourism to use race as criterion when providing COVID-19 relief to...
by AfriForum | Apr 29, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Corruption Media statements
AfriForum today instructed its legal team to also bring an urgent application for review, similar to AfriForum and Solidarity’s case against the Department of Tourism, against the Minister and Department of Small Business Development over the use of BEE racial...
by AfriForum | Apr 29, 2020 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum welcomes the announcement by Angie Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education, today that schools will gradually open to resume the 2020 school year. According to current planning, schools will restart on 6 May 2020 for Grade 7 and...
