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.

Tshwane Metro can no longer afford to refuse help – AfriForum

ByAfriForum 15/10/202615/10/2026

The civil rights organisation AfriForum has once again offered its assistance to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality today regarding the securing of substations within the metro. This follows ongoing incidents of vandalism and theft at substations throughout the Tshwane Metro.

AfriForum states that it understands the metro’s procedural and operational challenges regarding the safeguarding of core infrastructure, but is of the opinion that this is precisely why the metro can no longer afford to sneer at help.

The metro’s reluctance to work with organisations like AfriForum raises questions about whether the metro is genuinely concerned about residents who are left without power for days on end, and whether they are actually doing anything to address this problem.

According to Llewellynn Hemmens, AfriForum’s district coordinator for Greater Pretoria North, AfriForum previously offered to install security cameras at a substation in Garsfontein, covering the costs themselves. “The metro approved it, but when our team arrived at the substation on the agreed-upon day, they were denied access to the premises. It doesn’t mean much if an offer of help is accepted, only for any attempts to carry it out to be thwarted.”

Hemmens maintains, however, that the organisation – for the sake of the residents of the metro – still wishes to work together with the metro to bring about change and improvement.

“We have the expertise and resources, and we are prepared to personally bear the costs for the projects we undertake; all that is lacking is the Tshwane Metro’s willingness to grant us access to some of this core infrastructure so that we can secure it.”

He further states that the metro ought to realise that its failure to secure this infrastructure itself – and its refusal to allow willing organisations the opportunity to assist – has far-reaching consequences for both the community and the metro itself. “The metro has to spend millions repairing ongoing damage – funds that could otherwise have been spent on service delivery. Meanwhile, households are left without power and businesses lose money; on top of that, there are the associated safety and economic impacts.”

AfriForum therefore calls on the metro to meet with the organisation so that workable solutions can be explored together.