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.

Honour the legacy of past generations through dedicated, principled work on Africa Day

ByAfriForum 25/05/202628/05/2026

* Media statement also available in French, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, Nama, Portugese, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda and Zulu.

Soundbite: Barend Uys (English)

Soundbite: Barend Uys (Afrikaans)

AfriForum calls on cultural communities and civil society organisations to honour the legacy of previous generations through dedicated work aimed at securing a beautiful future for the children of Africa and a renewed focus on the strengthening of cultural identity, freedom and justice. AfriForum made this call during the celebration of Africa Day on 25 May.

AfriForum works with dedication to secure a free, safe and prosperous future for Afrikaners, in peaceful coexistence with other cultural communities, at the southern tip of Africa. To this end, AfriForum builds good relations and cooperation, based on mutual recognition and respect, with other cultural communities, and undertakes joint grassroots projects that strengthen cultural identity as well as community self-reliance and self-sufficiency. “We cannot change our difficult past, however much we would like to do so. The future, however, is in our hands – that is what we are focusing on; we choose for continued existence in justice,” says Barend Uys, Head of Intercultural Relations and Cooperation at AfriForum.

“Africa gave birth to the Afrikaner; we have no other home. It therefore is a privilege for us to collaborate with dedication to secure a future for our children and the children of other cultural communities. Africa and her people have enormous potential, and we believe that the full potential of our beautiful continent can be unlocked by communities that take responsibility for themselves, restore and cherish a healthy cultural self-image and -self-confidence, strengthen community self-reliance, and work together with other communities where possible. Today we also commemorate the previous generations who sacrificed so much to ensure that we can all have a place here,” concludes Uys.