by AfriForum | Aug 17, 2021 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
Following the lawyer’s letter sent by AfriForum to Gauteng’s Department of Education to raise concerns about problems with the province’s school placement system, the Head of the Department, Mr Edward Mosuwe, has given the written undertaking to AfriForum that these...
by AfriForum | Aug 17, 2021 | Environmental affairs Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum audited 153 landfill sites across South Africa this year as part of the organisation’s national project to measure the quality of landfill sites in South Africa. Only 1 out of 11 landfill sites that were audited in Limpopo complied with national standards....
by AfriForum | Aug 17, 2021 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum says there is no judicial or factual grounds to postpone the municipal elections. This forms part of AfriForum’s application to the Constitutional Court to be allowed as a Friend of the Court (amicus curiae). This application...
by AfriForum | Aug 16, 2021 | Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum on 10 August 2021 launched a medal fund for Olympic and Paralympic medallists. This follows media reports that the South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has very little to no funds to reward medallists...
by AfriForum | Aug 16, 2021 | Environmental affairs Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum audited 153 landfill sites across South Africa this year as part of the organisation’s national project to measure the quality of landfill sites in South Africa. None of the seven landfill sites that were audited in the Eastern Cape complied with national...
by AfriForum | Aug 14, 2021 | Media statements, AfriForum Youth Media statements
In a letter to Prof. Wim de Villiers, rector and vice-chancellor of the University Stellenbosch today, AfriForum Youth submitted commentary on the proposed second version of the US language policy. 14 August is Afrikaans Language Day. Amongst others, the student...