by AfriForum | Mar 31, 2020 | In the community, Media statements, National health insurance Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today directed a letter to Dr Zweli Mkhize, Minister of Health, to obtain more information regarding the deployment of 10 000 COVID-19 field workers. Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced that these workers will test people...
by AfriForum | Mar 30, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
An urgent application for deferral for the court appearance of Thandi Modise, Speaker of the National Assembly, was removed from the North Gauteng High Court roll today by her legal team. Magistrate Ben Mtebele consented that Modise must appear in the Potchefstroom...
by AfriForum | Mar 30, 2020 | Environmental affairs Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum directed a letter to Lindiwe Sisulu, Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, on 27 March 2020 in which it urgently requests the Department to attend to various water issues that communities are subjected to during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
by AfriForum | Mar 27, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum directed an urgent letter to Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and the MECs to ensure that any documentation published by municipalities need to be made available on the...
by AfriForum | Mar 26, 2020 | Safety Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum instructed its legal team to direct a letter to Bheki Cele, Minister of Police, and to Gen. Khehla Sitole, National Police Commissioner, in which AfriForum, among other, expresses its concern that firearm owners’ ability to renew their firearm licences will...
by AfriForum | Mar 25, 2020 | Media statements, Farm murders Media statements
AfriForum welcomes the decision by the Northern Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 24 March 2020 to find Justice Sethlangu guilty of the murder of Johan Heunis, murdered husband of Mariandra Heunis. AfriForum’s Trauma Support Unit has been supporting Mariandra and her...
