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.

AfriForum branch in Viljoenskroon repairs 43 potholes in streets around high school

ByAfriForum 05/02/202605/02/2026

The AfriForum branch in Viljoenskroon in January repaired 43 potholes in Viljoen and Kerk Streets, which are located around Hoërskool Salomon Senekal, after this section of the road was almost impassable. A total of 40 bags of tar were used, which means that one ton of tar was removed from these two streets alone. The cost of the project amounted to R3 880.

“The Moqhaka Local Municipality is abandoning the residents of Viljoenskroon, who are also the taxpayers. Fortunately, it is not in our nature to live like this and there are funds from our members in Viljoenskroon to use for improvements in and around the town. However, we must not stop applying pressure on the Municipality to do what they are paid to do,” says Alta Pretorius, AfriForum’s district coordinator for the Mooi River.

“We focused on the streets surrounding the high school, which the parents must use to get to the school. However, these streets are in a deplorable condition, which is why professional intervention from the Municipality is still needed,” says Attie Barnard, Chairperson of AfriForum’s Viljoenskroon branch.

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