Who and what is AfriForum?

AfriForum is an Afrikaans civil rights organisation that protects the rights of minority groups at national as well as provincial level, and anyone who can identify with AfriForum’s principles and objectives may join the organisation. AfriForum’s community plan focuses on mobilising communities to thus take control of their own streets and neighbourhoods again. AfriForum ensures that your constitutional and civil rights are recognised and protected at national level.

Wie en wat is AfriForum?

AfriForum is ’n Afrikaanse burgerregteorganisasie wat die regte van minderheidsgroepe op sowel nasionale as provinsiale vlak beskerm, en enigiemand wat met AfriForum se beginsels en doelstellings kan identifiseer, mag by die organisasie aansluit. AfriForum se gemeenskapsplan fokus daarop om gemeenskappe te mobiliseer om só weer beheer terug te neem oor hul eie strate en woonbuurtes. AfriForum verseker dat jou grondwetlike én burgerregte op nasionale vlak erken en beskerm word.

I-AfriForum iphikisa idrafti yomthethosivivinywa kaManyi ohlose ukuqeda ubunikazi bomhlaba bangasese; inxusa imiphakathi yamasiko ukuba ithole amatayitele omhlaba wayo

Soundbite: Barend Uys (English)

Idrafti ehlongozwa umthethosivivinywa yi-MP uMzwanele Manyi weQembu leMK ingukuhlasela ubunikazi bomhlaba bangasese kanye nayo yonke imiphakathi yamasiko esebenzela ukuzisimamisa, ukuzimela ngokwamasiko nanokuzimisela ngokomthetho wamazwengamazwe. Lokhu kungumbono wenhlangano yamalungelo oluntu i-AfriForum, okungukuthi ngoLwesithathu ithumele ukumeleleka okubhaliwe kwayo okuphikisana nesikaManyi isiChibiyelo sama-22 soMthethosivivinywa koMthethosisekelo – esihhlose ukuqeda ubunikazi bomhlaba bangasese ezweni nanokwenza umbuso ube umgcini wawo wonke umhlaba kanye namagugu emvelo ngokuchibiyela isiGaba sama-25 soMthethosisekelo.

NgokukaBarend Uys, iNhloko ye-Intercultural Relations and Cooperation e-AfriForum, lezi zichebiyelo ezihlongozwayo zephula IsiVumelwano Samazwengamazwe SamaLungelo oMphakathi nawoMbusazwe, kanye neziGatshana sesi-3, ese-14, ese-19, esama-20, esama-21 nesama-28 okungeze-African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. “I-AfriForum inxusa imiphakathi yamasiko nabaholi bayo ukuba basebenzise ngokuphuthumayo isiGaba sama-20 se-Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act 112 yangowe-1991 ukuthola amatayitela omhlaba abawulawulayo,” kusho u-Uys.

I-AfriForum iphikisa ngokungananazi idrafti yomthethosivivinywa iphinde, ngokumeleleka okubhaliwe kwayo, ihlongoze ukuba isiGaba sama-25 soMthethosisekelo sihlale singaguqulwa ngokukuba, kokunye okubalwayo, yilezi zizathu ezilandelayo:

Kuzoba nomphumela wokuqedwa kobunkazi bomhlaba bangasese nanokwesulwa kwamalungelo oluntu ayisisekelo okungukuthi njengamanje aqinisekiswe uMqulu wamaLungelo Oluntu.
Kuzodala isiqiniseko lapho lowo oyiBhunu ngamunye neminye imiphakathi yamasiko eyingcosana ukuba ibe yizakhamuzi zesigaba sesibili, okuqhelelene nemigomo yokuba yizakhamuzi ezilinganayo nokulingana phambi komthetho.
Kuzokwenza imiphakathi yamasiko nangokwemikhuba kanye nabaholi basebukhosini okungabaholi abakhonza kubo njengabaholi, abaqashi ngokungunomphelo ezweni labo futhi kubavimbe ekubeni ngabanikazi bomhlaba wabo nabasebenzisa ngokugcwele, nangokungavinjelwe ukuwulawula. Kuzovimba ukubuyiswa komhlaba ngokugcwele isithunzi, ububona ngokwamasiko okuyimpilo nanokuzethemba kwemiphakathi yamasiko kanye nabaholi basebukhosini babo, ngokuba bazothathwa ngokungunaphakade njengabantu “abangakulungele” ukuba ngabanikazi nokulawula ngokugcwele umhlaba wabo.
Kuzophinde kwenze ntekenteke ubuphathimandla nomthelela wabaholi basebukhosini, izakhiwo zobuholi ngokwenkambiso kanye nezinye izikhungo ezinesisekelo semiphakathi, kuphinde kunciphe ukuzimela ngokwamasiko nangokwamalungelo amasiko jikelele. Lolu shintsho luzoqhubeza luphinde lwandise ukubusa kwezisebenzi zikahulumeni kwezentuthuko, ukuphatha nokwengamela umhlaba nempahla yemiphakathi yamasiko nasezindaweni lapho behlala khona.
Kuzokwenza ukuba yonke imiphakathi yamasiko neminye, imindeni nomuntu ngamunye athole umhlaba kuze kube yimanje nobunikazi bawo ngohlelo lokubuyiswa komhlaba ukuba bayephucwe imihlaba yabo kuhlehliswe abakuzuzile ngalokho.
Kuzodala inhlekelele kwezomnotho futhi ngalokho kube nokuhlupheka okungecatshangwe kweningi lezakhamuzi zezwe, bese nelukuluku lokwethembeka kotshalomali luzoshabalala.

“Idrafti yomthethosivivinywa iqondiswe kumaBhunu njengomphakathi wamasiko ohlukile, njengokuba amaBhunu yiwo wodwa umphakathi wamasiko othathwa njengokuba usuku lwesi-6 kuMbasa 1652 luthathwa njengolusemqoka ekubeni kwawo umphakathi wamasiko eNingizimu ne-Afrika. Kushaya indiva ukwakheka kwemiphakathi eyahlukene yamasiko nomlando oyinkimbinkimbi wezwe nezifunda ezihambelana nombutho womphakathi wamasiko, imindeni nomuntu ngamunye, ukwakheka nokuchithwa kwemiphakathi yamasiko neminye, nezizwe ekuhambeni kwesikhathi kanye nezinye izinguquko ezihambelana nalokho ekusetshenzisweni komhlaba, ukuhlala, ukuhlala kuwo, nobunikazi kanye nokunye okuthinta okuzimilelayo ngokwemvelo nesimo sezulu kuyo,” kuphetha u-Uys.