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.

Keep it Kruger - AfriForum

The Kruger National Park is more than just a name.

It is the crown jewel of South Africa’s natural heritage, a symbol of our rich and complex history and a living link between our past and our future.

Now, politicians want to change the name. A decision like this would not only erase part of our shared history but also damage one of South Africa’s most valuable global tourism brands.

Make your voice heard. Stand with us to protect the Kruger National Park from this reckless, politically driven proposal.

Stop the name change!
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New names. New history. The EFF wants to change the name of the Kruger National Park. Stop the name change!

The Kruger National Park’s name is on the chopping block.
The EFF wants to change the Kruger National Park’s name.
Stop the name change!

Paul Kruger said that we must take what is good and noble from the past, and build the future on it. We honour his memory.
After the death of his first wife, Paul Kruger married Gezina Susanna Frederika Wilhelmina du Plessis (Aunt Gezina). They had nine sons and seven daughters.
Paul Kruger was a very religious man. He contributed £2 500 towards the building of the church opposite his house in Church Street, Pretoria, and often preached there himself. His and Aunt Gezina’s chairs can still be seen in the church.
In the 1890s it became clear that the wildlife of the Lowveld needed to be protected. In 1898 President Paul Kruger proclaimed a government wildlife park there. It later became known as the Sabi Game Reserve and, after further expansion from 1926, as the Kruger National Park.
Paul Kruger is described as a big man with a loud voice and a head that reminded one of a lion! His eyes were dark brown, almost black, and he looked at you piercingly, yet he was gentle with a lively sense of humour.
As a young boy, Paul Kruger joined the Great Trek with his family. On 16 October 1836, at the age of eleven, he participated in the Battle of Vegkop, where 35 able-bodied Trekkers faced off against approximately 6 000 Matabele warriors.
Paul Kruger was the fifth and last president of the Republic of South Africa (ZAR), also known as the Transvaal. He held office from 1883 to 1902.
During the Anglo-Boer War, the Kruger family gave their Family Bible to the Bafokeng Royal Family for safekeeping, which they did. The friendship between Kgosi Mokgatle of the Bafokeng and Paul Kruger started when they met as young men.
Paul Kruger passed away early in the morning of 14 July 1904 in Clarens, Switzerland. His body was embalmed and placed in three coffins – the first of cedar, the second of lead and the third of oak. It was then returned to the Cape by steamer and transported to Pretoria, where he was buried on 16 December 1904.
Two hundred years ago, on 10 October 1825, Paul Kruger was born on the farm Bulhoek near Cradock. He was christened Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, but from the start he was known as Paul, because he had an older brother who also had the name Stephanus Johannes.