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.

Hlanganyela ekulweleni umhlaba, ngenhlitiyo yonkhe nangemphefumulo emimangweni yemasiko

I-AfriForum icela imimango yemasiko, emaKhoi-San kanye naleminye imimango netekukholwa kutsi ihlanganyele emphini yekuvikela emalungelo emasiko nemacembu kanye nekucinisekisa kutsi ayafezeka ngalokugcwele. Loku kulandzela kwetfulwa kwe-AfriForum kwemibono lebanti mayelana neMtsetfosivivinyo Webuholi Besitfu nemaKhoi-San nga-14 Ingci.

Emkhatsini waletinye tintfo, lokushiwo yi-AfriForum kugcizelela kwephulwa kwemalungelo emhlaba emimango yesintfu; emandla langetulu futsi langakafaneli laniketwe tikhulu tembuso; kungevisisi umtsetfo wemasiko lophilako kanye nekususwa kwawo; kubekwa phambili kwetintfo letifunwa ngumbuso kantsi tintfo letifunwa ngummango kanye netintfo letibalulekile tinganakwa futsi tibukelwa phansi, kanye nemibono lehlanganiswe nalesekela umtsetfo, lephikisana nembono wemhlaba kanye nemagugu emimango yesitfu kanye yeyemaKhoi-San, kanye naleminye imimango yemasiko.

Ngekusho kwaBarend Uys, Inhloko Yebudlelwane Nekubambisana emasikweni lahlukahlukene ku-AfriForum, lomtsetfo ngendlela losebenta ngayo nyalo wenta kutsi ndvunankhulu wesifundza akhone kugucula indzawo yekuphatfwa kwemmango wesitfu kungakhatsaliseki kutsi umkhandlu wesitfu wemmango uyavumelana nayo noma cha.

“Ummango wesitfu njengamanje, ngekuya kweNcenye 20 yeMtsetfo Wekutfutfukisa Emalungelo Ekuba Nemhlaba Act 112 wanga-1991, ungacela indvuna lekhetsiwe kutsi yendlulisele umhlaba webunikati bemmango lapho usebentisa ligunya khona. Letinyenti tindzawo temimango yemasiko solo tibanjwe ngumbuso lotinakekelako lobambele leyo mimango. Liciniso likutsi umbuso kute umetamo lobonakalako lowentako kuze usebentise lomtsetfo losebentako kwendlulisela lomhlaba uye emimangweni. Ngako-ke lomtsetfo lona wephula emalungelo emhlaba nekunikwa kwemhlaba emimangweni yemdzabu,” kusho Uys.

“Simo lesikhona nyalo sikhomba indlela yahulumende lengahlonipheki, kanye netinhloso letimayelana nebunikati bemhlaba kulelive. Kuphindze futsi kucinisekise kutsi kungani imimango netakhamuti kufanele kumelane neMtsetfo Wekutsatfwa Kwemhlaba, njengoba i-AfriForum yenta njengamanje.”

I-AfriForum ikholelwa kutsi lomtsetfo uya enhlitiyweni nasemphefumulweni wemimango yemasiko kanye nemaKhoi-San, kanye naleminye imimango yemasiko kanye nekuba khona kwayo lokuchubekako nalokuphumelelako njengemimango yemasiko.

“Kuyakhatsata kutsi loMtsetfosivivinyo ubukela phansi emalungelo emimango emasiko nemacembu, njengoba kucinisekisiwe, emkhatsini walokunye, kuMculu wase-Afrika weMalungelo eBantfu kanye naku-United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), lapho khona iNingizimu Afrika ingumsayini waso kwenta luhlaka lwemtsetfo lwekutsi kuniketwe Incenye 235 yeMtsetfosisekelo, futsi itsatse likusasa layo ngewetsembeka esandleni sayo,” kusho Uys.

“Umtsetfo lophatselene nemimango yemasiko kanye nebuholi bawo kufanele ubeke imimango yemasiko kanye nemagugu ayo, indlela yekuphila, umbono wemhlaba kanye netintfo letibalulekile phambili. Ngako-ke i-AfriForum icela ngekushesha yonkhe imimango yemasiko kutsi ihlele iphindze iticinisele futsi ibambisane kuze icinisekise likusasa lelihle lemimango yabo bonkhe.”

20260814-AfriForum-Written comments on Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill 2026 Download