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 demands information about dilapidated Pilditch Stadium’s finances, maintenance

ByAfriForum 24/03/202624/03/2026

AfriForum on Friday submitted an application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (“PAIA”) to the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to obtain, among other things, information regarding the finances of the Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria West. Through the PAIA application, the organisation is demanding full transparency regarding funds received from schools, as well as the stadium’s expenses and budget to determine how public funds are being used and whether the Metro is meeting its obligations. Furthermore, AfriForum is also asking for information about the contractors responsible for the stadium’s maintenance and the schedules for this maintenance.

The PAIA application follows the continued deterioration of the Pilditch Stadium and the Metro’s total failure to carry out basic maintenance there. After receiving numerous complaints about the poor condition of the facility, AfriForum recently – in collaboration with schools and community role players – carried out renovations to the stadium in the run-up to this year’s prestigious inter-higher athletics meeting.

AfriForum already sent a formal letter to the Metro on Thursday demanding answers about the management, maintenance and finances of the stadium. This is particularly worrying given that participating schools pay huge amounts to participate in the event at the stadium, while no corresponding level of service delivery is visible.

“Communities being forced to take over the Municipality’s most basic services is proof of the Metro’s inability and unwillingness to fulfil its responsibilities. AfriForum will ensure that transparency is achieved and that the Municipality is held accountable for any mismanagement of public funds,” says Maree van den Berg, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for Pretoria.

AfriForum will apply sustained pressure on the Metro to provide the required information and will in the meantime continue to implement practical solutions, such as community-driven cleaning and maintenance projects, to address service delivery failures.

AfriForum encourages Pretoria residents to add their voice to the petition and thereby apply pressure on the Tshwane Metro to make the requested information available.