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 Vryheid branch requests municipality to repair 46 potholes in Emmett Street

ByAfriForum 23/03/202623/03/2026

The AfriForum branch in Vryheid today demanded in a letter to the Abaqulusi Local Municipality that 46 potholes in Emmett Street, between Smal and Kerk Street, be urgently repaired. This follows several unsuccessful requests to the Municipality to intervene.

Just last week, a vehicle overturned after the motorist swerved to avoid the potholes on this road. “It is extremely bad that the Municipality is not repairing these potholes. We regularly submit proposals for the annual integrated development plan (IDP), which include that the condition of the roads must receive urgent attention,” says André van der Walt, AfriForum’s Chairperson of the Vryheid branch.

According to financial statements, the Abaqulusi Municipality receives approximately R138 million in property taxes annually. This type of income is specifically there for non-billable services, such as pothole repairs.

“We can no longer trust politicians with our tax money. The solution in local services lies in the hands of communities. We must start providing the services ourselves and then reclaim our expenses from the property taxes paid by residents,” says Eugene van Aswegen, AfriForum’s Provincial Coordinator for KwaZulu-Natal.

AfriForum invites the Vryheid community to get involved with the local branch and support the organisation. Visit https://afriforum.co.za/buurtspanne/vryheid/ to see how you can help.