by AfriForum | Feb 15, 2021 | Media statements, Neighbourhood watches Media statements
The AfriForum branch in Springs reacted on 14 February 2021 when a substation in the central business district caught fire. The neighbourhood watch members mobilised, but at the same time another fire broke out at the mini-substation in Zig Zag Road. The neighbourhood...
by AfriForum | Feb 15, 2021 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum welcomes Umalusi’s announcement today that the quality council will accredit the 2020 matric certificate. According to the civil rights organisation, it proves that Umalusi’s statements last year – that the 2020 matric exam had been jeopardised because of...
by AfriForum | Feb 12, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Adv. Gerrie Nel, head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, cross-examined a fire expert on 10 and 11 February 2021 in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court about the deaths of Suraya Deedat and her four children in a house fire in 2011. The fire expert was appointed...
by AfriForum | Feb 10, 2021 | Corona (Covid-19 ), In the community, Media statements, Research Media statements
AfriForum today sent an urgent letter to the Western Cape Department of Health after it came to light that the department refuses the use of ivermectin for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. The organisation informed the department that it was disregarding a...
by AfriForum | Feb 10, 2021 | Community Affairs Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum recently requested the Department of Transport in Vryheid to provide an action plan to maintain the tarred road between this town and Paulpietersburg. The main route between these two towns has been in a very bad condition the past few years and no real...
by AfriForum | Feb 8, 2021 | Media statements, Expropriation Media statements
AfriForum today submitted written commentary to the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure, against the Expropriation Bill B 23-2020. AfriForum argues that this Bill should not be adopted, seeing as its adoption will have a devastating impact on all...
