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.

Media statements

AfriForum submits Malema Dossier to US committee that approved sanctions bill

ByAfriForum 07/10/202507/10/2025

Soundbite: Ernst van Zyl (English)

Soundbite: Ernst van Zyl (Afrikaans)

The civil rights organisation AfriForum yesterday handed over the organisation’s Malema Dossier to representatives of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs. This committee approved a bill in July that requires the Trump administration to conduct a full review of US-South Africa relations and to identify South African politicians who are eligible for targeted sanctions.

This bill is currently awaiting debate and amendment in the House of Representatives before a vote will be held on it. Should this bill become law, the abovementioned House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs will play a key role in its execution, so the fact that they now have the Malema Dossier is critical.

The comprehensive Malema Dossier provides the basis for international action, such as targeted sanctions against EFF leader Julius Malema, by outlining his history of incitement to violence, alleged involvement in corruption and his support for terrorist groups.

According to Ernst van Zyl, Head of Public Relations at AfriForum, Malema’s firearms case verdict proved that the fight for justice often requires patience. “Therefore, AfriForum is doing everything in our power to help pave that long road to justice.”

“As part of our intensified international campaign, AfriForum will publish and distribute a new ‘The World Needs to Know’ report on discrimination and hate speech against minorities later this year,” concludes Van Zyl.