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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More than 12 000 take a stand against PSIRA amendments – AfriForum submits formal objection

ByAfriForum 25/04/202525/04/2025

Soundbite: Jacques Broodryk (English)

Klankgreep: Jacques Broodryk (Afrikaans)

AfriForum has today submitted written comments opposing the proposed amendments to the regulations in terms of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act (PSIRA). Accompanying this submission are the signatures of more than 12 000 citizens who are formally objecting against the proposed regulations.

“This overwhelming public response, in such a short amount of time, underscores the broad concern over the serious threat to public safety that these amendments pose. Adopting these amendments would effectively disarm the private security sector, leaving citizens vulnerable in the face of escalating crime,” says Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum’s Chief Spokesperson for Community Safety.

“These amendments won’t make the country safer but will expose communities even more. Disarming the sector that protects millions of homes, businesses, schools, hospitals and even government institutions is not regulation, it’s sabotage.”

AfriForum warns that these regulations will have devastating consequences, not only for security companies and the more than 580 000 employees in the sector, but for ordinary citizens who rely on private security for protection when state policing fails.

AfriForum has already raised the alarm about how these regulations could impact correctional facilities — many of which rely on private security. The civil rights organisation recently submitted a formal request under the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) to the Department of Correctional Services requesting clarity on how these regulations would affect operations at facilities like Mangaung Correctional Centre, which is managed by private contractors.

“It is completely irrational that government would rely on private security to secure police stations and prisons and then seek to effectively disarm those very officers,” concludes Broodryk.

AfriForum commentary on proposed amendments to the regulations in terms of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act (PSIRA)Download