by AfriForum | Jun 21, 2021 | Community Affairs Media statements, Environmental affairs Media statements, Media statements
The AfriForum branch in Machadodorp gave input into a planned mine on the De Kroon farm in the Machadodorp area. This action follows after Singo Consulting brought it to our attention that Legare Mining Services plans to mine coal. This is the second application of...
by AfriForum | Jun 20, 2021 | Media statements
The legal team of the civil rights organisation AfriForum sent a formal PAIA application to the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 (MAC) and the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to obtain from these institutions the documents and...
by AfriForum | Jun 18, 2021 | Community Affairs Media statements, Media statements
In June AfriForum’s Lydenburg branch cleaned the subway in Lydenburg. This project was initiated to improve the overall tidiness of the subway in this town, make the road safer and make maintenance easier. The drainage ditches were also opened and cleaned. More than...
by AfriForum | Jun 18, 2021 | Community Affairs Media statements, Media statements
The AfriForum branch in Paulpietersburg decided to give the eDumbe Local Municipality junk status for service delivery and for the foul-smelling cloud of smoke hanging over the town at night. This smoke is caused by a smouldering landfill site that has been...
by AfriForum | Jun 17, 2021 | Environmental affairs Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum submitted comments on the draft Artisanal and Small-scale Mining Policy on the 17 June 2021. The policy was published by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in the Government Gazette of 5 May 2021. While AfriForum welcomes the publication of the...
by AfriForum | Jun 17, 2021 | Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the I can make a difference group of doctors today sent an urgent letter to the Gauteng premier’s advisory committee on COVID-19 urging them not to deny patients and citizens effective medicine for prophylaxis and treatment...