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’s Broadwood neighbourhood watch cleans overgrown wetland

ByAfriForum 07/04/202607/04/2026

AfriForum’s Broadwood neighbourhood watch in Gqeberha embarked on a clean-up project at the wetland in Constance Road on 14 March, after vegetation had taken over the area in recent years due to the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality’s poor service delivery. Apart from being an eyesore, the wetland also posed a potential for flooding during the rainy season and became a place to stay for the homeless and a hideout for criminals. This big task was recently completed.

During the project, all alien trees and bushes that had overgrown the wetland were removed and chopped up with a wood chipper. The woodchips were dumped in the surrounding bush as compost. Brush cutters were used to cut the reeds and tall grass around the wetland. The Metro eventually drove away four truckloads full of removed vegetation.

This clean-up project was undertaken in collaboration with AfriForum Youth’s Port Elizabeth branch, the Broadwood Residents’ Association and the Metro. Meanwhile, Citywide Security contributed R2 000 to the project and provided labour and Talisman Hire’s Gqeberha branch made equipment – including the wood chipper, brush cutters and a chainsaw – available at no cost. Other community members ensured that those doing the hard work had enough to eat and drink. Thanks to Gert Engelbrecht, DA ward councillor for the area, this clean-up project took place with the necessary permission from the Metro.

According to Louis van der Vyver, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for the Eastern Cape, this joint project between AfriForum’s Broadwood neighbourhood watch and other role players shows what can be done when the community comes together.