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 neighbourhood watches: Another 13 shooting instructors now trained

ByAfriForum 03/07/202503/07/2025

Another 13 AfriForum neighbourhood watch members were trained as shooting instructors in Paulpietersburg over the past two weekends. This training is presented by AfriForum’s Community Safety division and is focused on equipping members with the necessary firearms knowledge and skills to provide basic shooting training within their own communities.

The newly qualified shooting instructors are active members of various AfriForum neighbourhood watches in KwaZulu-Natal and Piet Retief, Mpumalanga. This initiative is part of AfriForum’s broader goal to empower local security structures through specialised training and expanding community-driven capacity.

“We have trained at least two shooting instructors per branch so that the instructors can support each other during training in their communities,” says Eugene van Aswegen, AfriForum’s provincial coordinator for KwaZulu-Natal.

“This training program, which was launched in September 2022, has already produced numerous successful sessions across the country,” says Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum’s Chief Spokesperson for Community Safety. “This forms part of AfriForum’s ongoing efforts to help communities become more self-reliant and resilient. By prioritising self-defence training, we enable citizens to take proactive action to improve their own safety.”

The course, facilitated by AfriForum, qualifies members as accredited range officers and basic shooting instructors. These trained individuals volunteer their services to fellow neighbourhood watch members and branch members, and assist with the organisation and management of shooting exercises in collaboration with local leadership.