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 cleans up Burger Monument at Magersfontein ahead of French visit

ByAfriForum 23/04/202623/04/2026

AfriForum’s Kimberley branch cleaned up the Burger Monument at Magersfontein this past week and prepared it for the French Military Attaché’s visit to the site. Representatives of the French Ministry of Armed Forces held a wreath-laying ceremony at the Monument on 16 April.

AfriForum’s cleaning team cut the grass around the Monument and access road a few days before the visit to the historic site.

The French Military Attaché paid tribute to General George de Villebois-Mareuil, the French officer who fought alongside the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War and later died at Boshof in the Free State. AfriForum also laid a wreath at the General’s grave in memory of his role in this part of South Africa’s history.

“It is important to preserve history for future generations, which is why AfriForum is committed to continuing with the maintenance of the Burger Monument at Magersfontein,” says Henko Visser, Chairperson of AfriForum’s Kimberley branch.

AfriForum’s Kimberley branch received new equipment this month to better maintain this site and many other areas in the community. A new Unicorn 750 lawnmower was purchased and will be used to maintain the Monument, the surrounding site and various other public spaces in the community.