by AfriForum | Sep 3, 2019 | Media statements, Neighbourhood watches Media statements
Approximately 57 members of AfriForum’s neighbourhood watches in Boksburg, Brakpan, Edenvale, Kempton Park, Germiston and Springs on 28 August 2019 received vehicle control point (VCP) training. This training was presented in Kempton Park by Col. Wouter Heyneke, an...
by AfriForum | Sep 3, 2019 | Media statements
Ernst Roets, AfriForum’s Head of Policy and Action, was set to appear in the South Gauteng High Court today on a charge of contempt of court, brought against him by the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The case was postponed until tomorrow (4 September), after the judge...
by AfriForum | Sep 2, 2019 | Media statements, National health insurance Media statements
AfriForum will submit commentary on the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) in the near future. The civil rights organisation is also encouraging the public to submit comments opposing this destructive bill now that the period for public comment has been opened. On...
by AfriForum | Sep 2, 2019 | Environmental affairs Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum this year tested the water (blue drop) in 206 towns and the sewage (green drop) of 124 wastewater treatment plants as part of the organisation’s annual blue and green drop project. The results of this report show that some municipalities are still...
by AfriForum | Aug 30, 2019 | Media statements, AfriForum Youth Media statements
AfriForum Youth today wrote to the University of Pretoria (UP) in connection with the proposed changing of the UP’s logo. This comes after the UP executive sent an email in which they explained that they intended changing the university’s coat of arms. Although...
by AfriForum | Aug 30, 2019 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Adv. Moipone Noko, Director of Public Prosecution for the North West division, yesterday announced that the state is taking steps to appeal the sentence of a fine for a convicted rapist. This follows after AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit wrote a letter to Shamila...
