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’s Volksrust branch puts up 64 new stop signs within the first seven months of the year

ByAfriForum 11/08/202611/08/2026

A total of 64 stop signs have already been replaced in Volksrust since the beginning of the year, and there is no stopping AfriForum’s Volksrust branch in its efforts to improve road safety in this Mpumalanga town.

Lou Duvenhage from AfriForum’s Volksrust branch at work.

This project has already made a huge difference over the past seven months, and work continued in July with the erection of nine new stop signs and eight poles. Six stop signs were installed at the intersections of Smit Street with Pretorius, Michaelson, Chris Hani, Krogh, and Tontelbos Streets, while the stolen stop sign at the corner of Volk and Wes Streets, as well as the damaged stop sign and pole at the corner of Kruger and Louis Trichardt Streets, were also replaced.

According to Johan Kennard, Chairperson of AfriForum’s Volksrust branch, every new stop sign erected or repaired brings Volksrust closer to becoming a safer town for motorists and pedestrians.

However, Kennard warns that the installation and clear visibility of traffic signs and road markers cannot ensure road safety on their own, and that safer roads also depend on motorists and pedestrians adhering to traffic rules. “Motorists have a responsibility to observe the rules of the road, and the blatant violation of these rules – such as ignoring stop signs – creates life-threatening situations for other motorists and pedestrians,” he emphasises.

AfriForum’s Volksrust branch is therefore engaging with the local traffic chief to step up the enforcement of traffic rules in the town, in the interest of all road users.

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Join AfriForum’s Volksrust branch today. Visit www.wordlid.co.za for more information.