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 repairs potholes after Ekurhuleni Metro turns a deaf ear to complaints for two years

ByAfriForum 02/09/202502/09/2025

Two years – that’s how long desperate businesses and residents on Northern Road in Boksburg had to wait after the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality turned a deaf ear to the numerous requests for pothole repairs on this busy route. However, AfriForum’s Boksburg branch intervened last week and appointed a contractor, DIY Tar in a Bag, to carry out these urgent repairs.

*Fixed potholes on Nortern Road, Boksburg.*

According to Nadia Olckers, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for the East Rand, local business Summit Petroleum reached out to AfriForum after repeated requests for the repair of the road were ignored by the metro. “The public’s requests were even uploaded to the metro’s official ticketing system but were repeatedly closed without the repairs being carried out. In the meantime, large trucks using the road worsened the pothole situation. The conditions eventually became unbearable, especially for motorists with smaller vehicles, and posed a danger to road users,” she explains.

“Although AfriForum also reached out to the metro and insisted on the repair of the road, the metro still refused to tackle the problem,” she explains.

This forced AfriForum’s Boksburg branch to step in and have the repairs done themselves, and repairs to a section of Northern Road and Short Street were completed last week.

“It is shocking that the community must wait two years for the metro. The poor condition of the route not only impacts road safety but also harms businesses positioned along it and therefore has a negative impact on the area’s economy. The repair of this road is therefore of critical importance to the community as a whole,” Olckers continues.

She describes this repair as the first phase of a vast project, as a large part of the road still needs to be repaired. However, she insists that AfriForum will continue to build on the safety and advancement of this community.