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.

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AfriForum branch in Viljoenskroon cleans area around Rotary houses

ByAfriForum 19/01/202619/01/2026

The AfriForum branch in Viljoenskroon has been cleaning and tidying the area around the Rotary houses (housing for the elderly) for the past month. Although the Moqhaka Local Municipality is responsible for keeping the area tidy, the branch has noticed that it is so overgrown that it is impossible to see what is going on inside the premises. Because it is mainly senior citizens who live there, the branch decided to step in and clean it up for the sake of the residents’ safety and health. The AfriForum neighbourhood watch can also now see better during their patrols.

The grass was cut, bushes were removed and the area was also treated with weed poison to prevent it from becoming overgrown again. Approximately 450 square meters were cleaned while 67 bags of garbage, grass and branches were removed.

“This is a wonderful initiative by the branch to look after the interests of vulnerable people where they cannot do it themselves and where the Municipality fails to perform their duty,” says Alta Pretorius, AfriForum’s district coordinator for the Mooi River.

“The AfriForum branch is trying bit by bit to keep the town clean. It is joyful to see that residents are noticing this and are now making the effort to clean their premises themselves. I would like to say a special thank you to Willie and Lynne Griessel, who provided us with the workers. Together we are stronger and we will make Viljoenskroon a neat town again,” says Attie Barnard, branch Chairperson of AfriForum in Viljoenskroon.

If you want to get involved with the AfriForum branch, contact Barnard at 082 557 1428. To get involved with AfriForum’s Viljoenskroon neighbourhood watch, contact Herman Smit at 072 127 2250.