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 continues to monitor Swanton murder case following conclusion of investigation

ByAfriForum 08/10/202608/10/2026

Jacques Broodryk (English)

AfriForum’s legal team attended court proceedings in the murder case of Air Force Sergeant Michael Swanton again today as part of the civil rights organisation’s watching brief. The case against the two accused, Thabang Eugene Sohole and Michael Makampe, was postponed to 2 November for allocation to the Regional Court. The police investigation into the murder has since been completed and finalised.

Swanton was shot dead in Pretoria North on 28 January this year after he and his wife were allegedly pulled over by a vehicle fitted with blue lights. At the time, the two accused were serving as bodyguards for the office of Douglas Maimane, former Mayor of the Madibeng Local Municipality.

“The completion of the investigation marks an important step forward. AfriForum will continue to monitor the case through its watching brief to ensure that the legal process takes its proper course, free from any political interference,” says Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum’s Chief Spokesperson for Community Safety.