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This is what AfriForum achieves with R22.6 million a month

Posted on July 27, 2026October 16, 2026 by René van der Vyver

A response to hit-pieces on AfriForum published by News24.

News24 is recruiting support for AfriForum

On the one hand, News24 is strengthening AfriForum. Their vendetta against AfriForum and their unfair attacks are causing many more people to side with AfriForum against News24. This consequently expands AfriForum’s support base and reminds hundreds of thousands of members of the public why strong, independent civil society organisations such as AfriForum are needed. For that, we can thank News24.

On the other hand, they further undermine News24’s already damaged credibility. When journalists exchange their role as objective reporters for activism, it is not AfriForum that ultimately suffers the greatest damage, but the trust that the public should have in the media.

Apologies to AfriForum

The eagerness of a group of anti-AfriForum activists at News24 and some other media institutions to attack AfriForum repeatedly leads to them making mistakes.

As a result, News24 and other media institutions have had to apologise numerous times for publishing falsehoods about AfriForum. It is a devastating blow for any media institution’s credibility when journalists are caught red-handed deliberately publishing falsehoods in support of an ideological agenda.

The Contrast Between AfriForum and News24 on Transparency

The media and civil society organisations play an important watchdog role in holding the government accountable and promoting transparency.

It is therefore important that both News24 and AfriForum themselves set the example by acting transparently.

However, the facts show a stark contrast. While AfriForum plays open cards about its income, expenses, and achievements, News24 refuses to answer important questions about its own finances.

When the Department of Social Development notified AfriForum that News24 had requested access to AfriForum’s financial statements, AfriForum decided not to oppose the request. On the contrary, AfriForum viewed it as an opportunity to show the public how the organisation spends its money and to put hundreds of successes that have already been achieved under the magnifying glass.

AfriForum is proud that the organisation has received an unqualified audit annually throughout its 20-year existence.

News24’s actions stand in sharp contrast to this. News24 refused to answer any of the questions posed by AfriForum about its financial statements and remuneration structures. Among other things, the publication refused to explain how its parent company’s donation of R8 million to the African National Congress (ANC) was justified, despite the ANC’s extensive record of corruption and mismanagement.

News24 also refused to explain why, since 2021, the company of which it forms part no longer published its financial statements. Unlike AfriForum, News24 was not willing to disclose its financial statements.

The question is simple: why the secrecy?

Old news

What makes this whole episode even more remarkable is that the questions News24 is now trying to raise are not new questions at all.

The same allegations and insinuations have already been raised by Juluis Malema in the past. AfriForum has already responded to them in detail. News24’s investigating activists apparently missed it and therefore I am giving the facts again:

This is how AfriForum spends R22.6 million monthly

News24 and Malema’s allegations gives me the ideal opportunity to indicate on behalf of AfriForum how grateful and proud we are of the successes and results that AfriForum achieves with the income generated from membership fees. These successes are by the grace of God, the prudent use of resources, hard work by both AfriForum staff and 10 000 volunteers, as well as support of approximately 300 000 members. We want the world to know this. Here are some of the facts:

Unqualified (“clean”) audits
AfriForum has received unqualified audit opinions every year since its establishment 20 years ago. In contrast, just over 10% of municipalities in the country receive unqualified audit opinions.

As a non-profit organisation with no shareholders, AfriForum uses every cent the organisation receives to achieve its clearly defined objectives. AfriForum must submit annual reports and financial statements to the South African Revenue Service and the Department of Social Development so that they can ensure that AfriForum complies with the legal requirements for a public welfare organisation. These reports have been accepted without question for the past two decades.
AfriForum must build faster and more to counter accelerating state deterioration

Public services and municipalities are deteriorating at an increasing rate, while crime remains out of control. Within this context, AfriForum and the Solidarity Movement’s calling is to build a better present and future for our communities and our descendants by creating do-it-yourself solutions.

This places increasing pressure on organisations like AfriForum to do more, respond faster, and take on greater responsibilities. To manage this pressure that accelerated operations place on AfriForum’s resources, AfriForum focuses its spending on two main objectives, namely as a community-builder, but also as a watchdog.
AfriForum as community-builder and watchdog

The first core objective is to build strong, self-reliant communities that can serve as a buffer against state deterioration. The second is our watchdog role against corruption, abuse of power, maladministration, the decline of the criminal justice system, and attacks on language and cultural rights.

That is why I am proud that over the past six years AfriForum has been able to spend R1.6 billion on self-do projects as countermeasures against ANC maladministration. Approximately 70% of this (or R1.15 billion) has been used for local communities, security initiatives, and self-do actions. The remaining 30% has been spent on our watchdog function, legal proceedings, and campaigns.

AfriForum’s current income, however significant it may be, is unfortunately still not sufficient to counteract the extent of state deterioration. The organisation must increasingly deliver state services, but without receiving tax money for it. The urgency for intervention is constantly increasing as more municipalities, state institutions, and public services collapse. That is why AfriForum is constantly working to expand its capacity so that even more communities can be supported.
Where does AfriForum’s income come from?

AfriForum is grateful for the overwhelming support that the organisation receives. The monthly donations from AfriForum’s approximately 300 000-member base contribute to 95% of AfriForum’s average total income of approximately R22.6 million per month. This shows that smaller contributions by thousands of ordinary people make it possible to build a better present and future on a larger scale.

Feedback we receive from many AfriForum members is that they feel that they get more value from their voluntary contribution to AfriForum than what they do from the taxes they are compelled to pay to a corrupt and incompetent state.
What is AfriForum’s income spent on?

AfriForum is active in a myriad of areas. Some of the most prominent include:

1. Safety

AfriForum supports 177 neighbourhood and farm watches across the country.

These include:
- two control rooms that operate 24 hours a day – one in Centurion and one in Bloemfontein;
- emergency response coordination;
- free panic buttons for AfriForum members;
- a nationwide camera network for monitoring and response;
- 33 training modules;
- more than 10 000 trained volunteers;
- 34 drones;
- drone training for approximately 100 pilots who regularly support the South African Police Service during operations;
- nationwide neighbourhood watch patrols;
- the purchase of 1 497 bulletproof vests;
- response vehicles;
- 8 904 two-way radios;
- the maintenance and expansion of a communication network with 71 repeaters;
- numerous other safety tools;
- safety audits at schools; and
- personnel who travel nationwide to coordinate neighbourhood watch networks.
This work produces results every day. However, the success stories are too numerous to list in full here. Please visit AfriForum’s website for more information.

2. Community development

AfriForum has 165 branches that are active in more than 100 towns. Where municipalities fail, communities step in.

AfriForum has already appointed 45 permanent staff members in local community teams to support maintenance, repairs, and service delivery where municipalities fail to do their work. This initiative is further expanded as service delivery deteriorates.

Our community teams support branches that carry out day-to-day work that local authorities are supposed to do. This includes, among other things:
- Garbage disposal projects;
- recycling initiatives;
- the repair of potholes and roads;
- painting road markings and school crossings;
- lawn mowing; and
- emergency water points.
To be able to carry out this work, AfriForum has 23 vehicles and tractors, 49 trailers and 151 bush cutters.

Since the beginning of 2026 alone:
- 450 self-do projects have been completed;
- 116 tonnes of tar have been used;
- more than 81 tonnes of recyclable material have been processed;
- more than 1 000 litres of road paint have been used;
- about 5 000 hectares of grass have been cut; and
- 135 emergency water points have been installed and are maintained in towns and cities where water crises occur frequently.
In addition, AfriForum’s garbage disposal projects have already removed hundreds of tonnes of waste from communities.

3. Court cases and private prosecution

Court cases cost millions of rands. They are expensive – but necessary. AfriForum is currently involved in approximately 80 active court cases, while AfriForum’s private prosecution unit under the leadership of Advocate Gerrie Nel has already taken on more than 320 cases.

The victories are extensive. Recent examples include:
- The disclosure of Eskom contracts;
- action against the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s secrecy about Eskom tariff increases;
- numerous successful municipal cases;
- the dissolution of the Ngwathe Municipal Council;
- challenges against unfair tariffs in the Cape Town and Tshwane metros;
- legal action to protect Afrikaans schools;
- support for the family of Senzo Meyiwa; and
- successful prosecutions of rapists and violent criminals.
4. Cultural and Traditional Communities

AfriForum’s work extends far beyond urban areas. The organisation works with numerous traditional and cultural communities, including the Barolong Boo Seleka, the AmaBhele kaJamangile, and Orania. Approximately 2.5% of AfriForum’s income is spent on this, while 67.5% of AfriForum’s income is spent in other cities and towns across the country.

5. Cultural Projects

AfriForum is not only creating safety and infrastructure; we are also building the future of our cultural community. That is why we support projects in schools such as the “Dink of Sink” unprepared debate competition for learners and students, “Besigheidsbytjies” for young entrepreneurs, as well as our anti-bullying campaign that focuses on schools.

AfriForumTV also plays an important role in the promotion of Afrikaans by making free content, children’s programmes, documentaries, and entertainment available to a growing audience at www.afriforumtv.co.za.

Institutions of the Solidarity Movement also build together at full speed

AfriForum does not stand alone and is proudly part of the Solidarity Movement, which includes many other institutions that are helping to build a future in various areas. Some examples of the building work that is being done include:

An Afrikaans university that is currently building an even larger campus;
an Afrikaans vocational training institution;
the Wolkskool and Gimnasium Pretoria private school;
the management of Afrikaner heritage sites such as the Voortrekker Monument;
work and employment networks;
a nationwide network of social workers;
a study assistance fund that has already paid out more than R500 million in study aid; and
an Afrikaans media institution.

AfriForum’s mandate and reporting to members

AfriForum works continuously with a mandate from its members. A vote in an election gives a political party a mandate for five years. In contrast, AfriForum’s mandate is renewed monthly by members who make a voluntary contribution each month.

AfriForum also continuously reports to its members on its activities through, among other things, the organisation’s members’ magazine, on its website, in media statements, and on social media.

Two more myths: director remuneration and salaries

The doubt-sowers from the ranks of the anti-AfriForum activists are also trying to cast doubt on AfriForum’s remuneration structures.

The reality is that AfriForum directors who are employed by institutions of the Solidarity Movement do not receive any director remuneration. The only director fees that are paid are to independent, non-executive board members, at approximately R4 000 for each of the four meetings held per year.

AfriForum’s job level grading is determined according to the Paterson grading system by independent experts from outside AfriForum. Remuneration is set at approximately the 25th percentile of market-related scales. This means that AfriForum’s remuneration scales are lower than those paid in many private sector companies. AfriForum’s personnel costs have been equivalent to an average of approximately 36% of AfriForum’s income in recent years. This is significantly lower than the general norm of between 50% and 80%, which is often the case in non-profit service-providing organisations.

A message to anti-AfriForum activists

AfriForum will continue to build. We do not need the permission of the suspects to do so. We will not be deterred by lies or propaganda; on the contrary, every attack motivates us to work harder, build faster and become stronger.

AfriForum continues full steam ahead to help build a better present and future for our families, our communities, our descendants and all who want to see a safer, better functioning society in South Africa.

And that is exactly what AfriForum does with its members’ hard-earned money.

By Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum.

Why affirmative action still divides South Africans — and why many whites oppose it

Posted on February 10, 2026October 14, 2026 by René van der Vyver

Why does affirmative action remain such a significant problem for many whites?

What reasonable person could be opposed to redress for past injustices or efforts to promote equality? Can there truly still be people who resist the advancement of blacks, or who oppose the creation of greater opportunities for blacks in occupational groups where they are poorly represented?

Are there still people who do not recognise that black empowerment and development are essential for the country? What inspired Solidarity to display banners during last year’s G20 Summit with the statement that South Africa is the most race-regulated country in the world?

These and other questions trouble those who feel some whites complain unfairly, are selfishly focused on their own problems and show little willingness to address the country’s real crises.

Poverty or inequality?

For example, consider the levels of unemployment and poverty in the country, which — although increasing rapidly among whites — remain overwhelmingly a “black” crisis.

The question, then, is why it still appears that many whites who are merely “selfishly” guarding their own privileges are, in fact, camouflaged racists who show little concern for the fate of their fellow citizens, and seek only to entrench their prosperity behind high walls, security fences and privatisation.

If this is the future, then there is none; there is no hope for white or black, poor or rich, in South Africa.

The question is whether the government’s emphasis after 1994 should not have been on the solution of poverty rather than on the redistribution of existing jobs and wealth. After all, economic growth is the fastest equaliser and the most effective, proven solution to poverty. As American economist Thomas Sowell puts it: “What do the poor most need? They need to stop being poor. And how can that be done on a mass scale, except by an economy that creates vastly more wealth? Yet the political left has long had a remarkable lack of interest in how wealth is created. As far as they are concerned, wealth exists somehow, and the only interesting question is how to redistribute it.”

Affirmative action

But let us return to the question posed at the beginning. Why are Solidarity and so many whites negative about affirmative action? The short answer is that the outcomes after three decades have shown that the South African model of affirmative action does not work — it is counterproductive and harmful to the country and all its people.

No-one is opposed to righting what is wrong, nor is there resistance to equality or to measures aimed at achieving greater equality. The problem therefore does not lie with genuine redress, equal opportunities or the increased representation of blacks in certain job levels.

Affirmative action has been widely used around the world to protect minorities and help ensure their rightful share of the economic pie. It is normally a temporary mechanism in a free economy to achieve true equality by eliminating direct and indirect factors that hinder equality. Society can then move forward freely and equally, without state interference and characterised by true diversity.

What began more than three decades ago as an affirmative measure has resulted in a comprehensive racial distribution that is incompatible with a constitutional democracy, a functioning state and a growing economy capable of providing for all its people.

The challenge for South Africa was to apply a model developed to protect minorities, to advance majorities. Over time though, a growing gap emerged between beautiful constitutional theory and the harsh realities.

What the constitution allows has in practice hardened into a permanent state ideology that has become a higher authority than the constitution itself. Moreover, these measures no longer meet international legal requirements for timeliness, proportionality and appropriateness.

As a result, they provide ammunition for business leaders like Elon Musk to discredit South Africa on the international stage by saying there are more racial laws now than during apartheid.

The positions of the opponents of laws based on race are the following:

They consider such laws to be unconstitutional, since article 1 of the constitution states that South Africa is a nonracial state.
They argue that the laws do not comply with international law, which requires remedial measures to be temporary, proportionate and nuanced. International standards place greater emphasis on education and people’s socioeconomic status than on race. That is why the International Labour Organisation (ILO) considered Solidarity’s formal complaint and facilitated a mediation process between Solidarity and the government, which culminated in an agreement in 2024. This agreement was ratified by a court order and published in the Government Gazette, only to be breached again by the government with new racial regulations less than a year later.
This is unworkable, as the numerical ratios in the country make it impossible for laws targeting about 7% of the population to benefit the remaining 93%. There is a clear distinction between a system that protects minorities in a growing economy and one that seeks to uplift majorities in a shrinking labour market.
This constitutes an injustice against young whites under the age of 18, who comprise only 4.6% of the population. They are blamed for events that occurred before they were born, while the ANC does not take responsibility for its current actions. It also creates false expectations among the nearly 96% of young blacks that the measures directed at the 4.6% young whites will benefit them.
It is unfair, as the new dispensation was supposed to rest on a higher moral foundation than the crude racial measures of apartheid.
It harms whites without significantly benefiting blacks. If all whites were immediately removed from the labour force, black unemployment would drop by only 2.6 percentage points. The primary problem for whites is not unemployment, but underemployment (being employed in positions below their qualifications) due to the racial laws.
This is economically harmful for the country, as the World Bank and numerous other institutions have pointed out. It plays a significant role in the country’s long-standing economic stagnation. BEE compliance costs the country 2%-4% of GDP annually, equivalent to R145bn-R290bn.
It contributes significantly to the weakening and decay of numerous state institutions, as the emphasis in appointments falls more on race than on merit, while South Africa urgently needs a culture of excellence. In this way, it harms the poor through poor service delivery, which has become the “new normal” in many towns.
As a result, the most qualified people often do not get the job, since employment is driven by output-based targets rather than input-based principles.
The pursuit of equal outcomes leads to restrictions on the freedom of people and companies.
It has unintended consequences, such as enabling the system of tenderpreneurship and fostering a sense of entitlement.
It operates in the name of promoting diversity and uniformity, since all job levels are required to reflect the demographics.
It drives many job creators, high-level skills and high-net taxpayers out of the country. It has also torn so many families apart, with relatives living on different continents and children growing up without their parents or grandparents.
This is unnecessary, as given the population composition of South Africa a merit-based system would still result in the vast majority of appointments being blacks.
It leads to demographic dominance of minorities due to the imposition of the population composition on all institutions. In a country with South Africa’s varied geographical and demographic realities, not every institution can be fully representative. Therefore, the aspiration should be that institutions collectively reflect the population as a whole. Policies such as cadre deployment and “African hegemony” are aimed more at achieving dominance than at genuine correction.
It encourages a “demographic democracy”, as the ANC seeks to secure voters’ loyalty by emphasising race and racial favouritism.
That affirmative action in the workplace and BEE regulations apply to businesses means minorities’ lives and life chances in all areas are regulated by race.
The legislation obstructs the exercise of other constitutional rights, such as article 22, which guarantees freedom of choice of occupation and profession.
The South African model of affirmative action is an example of the unintended consequences that arise when a system takes on a life of its own, hardens into a state ideology, and extends far beyond the understandable correction of past injustices.
The most effective measure to promote redress and inclusive development remains economic growth, supported by input-driven programmes such as training, rather than output-driven targets that have in practice solidified into a comprehensive quota system. Such an input-driven approach provides the fastest and most natural way to achieve racial representation, without the unaffordable unintended consequences of the current system.

South Africa has the highest unemployment rate in the world, according to various sources. It is therefore urgently necessary to stimulate economic growth, create more jobs and reduce inequalities. Yet the outcomes after three decades indicate that the current model is no longer effective and that it is necessary to return to the drawing board, rather than trying to defend an unworkable and unjustifiable system.

The current redress model has not remedied the consequences of decades of apartheid, but worsened it — except for the benefit of a largely politically connected elite. At the same time it has become such a comprehensive set of racial measures that many whites feel wronged and even oppressed, as their lives are regulated by race.

After all, affirmative action is intended as a shield to help people, not as a sword to harm or dominate others.

By Flip Buys, chairperson of the Solidarity Movement.

AfriForum: Becoming state-proof one community at a time

Posted on December 6, 2024 by BeweegAdministrator

Ernst van Zyl: Head of public relations

Oases of order in a desert of disorder

South Africa has become an insightful case study for especially two reasons. First, it is a prime example of prolonged, consistent government failure and capacity deterioration. Second, it is an example of how order and stability can emerge out of this chaos, through communities who organise themselves. In his article The disintegration of the South African order, Prof. Koos Malan writes that the future of South Africa is a “desert of disorder” containing “oases of order”.

Almost every government service (except tax collection) is in a state of decay – and has been for decades. Examples include rolling blackouts due to an ineffective, failing government monopoly, the South African Police Service dropping millions of calls for help over three years, rampant corruption, and an ever-increasing unemployment rate of more than 35%. Furthermore, more than 50% of the population is dependent on some form of government welfare grant, and infrastructure in every sector is deteriorating, from water and electricity to sewerage and roads. I discuss these matter in more detail in my 2023 article for The American Conservative.

Building a future from the ground up

One of the cultural communities at the forefront of creating “oases of order” in this context of de-development are the Afrikaners. Through community-based organisations such as AfriForum we are pioneering a new model, which requires a major shift in thinking about solution-building. AfriForum is developing an answer to the question: How should communities react in the face of continued government capacity decay, a growing list of racially discriminatory policies and laws that target you, and a political environment in which you are the target of demonisation and violent rhetoric by high profile politicians? Additionally, AfriForum is confronting the following question: How do you build a future as one of the first people with a fundamentally Western heritage living as a minority in one of the world’s post-Western countries?

AfriForum’s answer, built on a foundation of Christian values and an Afrikaner cultural identity, is the pursuit of becoming state-proof at every level by embracing a do-it-ourselves philosophy that prioritises autonomy and pragmatism. Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, describes this approach as follows: “To ensure a bright, free future for our children, our communities must get organised. We must ensure a devolution of power through taking up as many responsibilities as possible on grassroots level. We will get the future we build.” In 2023 AfriForum released a documentary with English subtitles unpacking its philosophy and model.

AfriForum’s model

AfriForum forms part of the Solidarity Movement, which comprises over 50 institutions and organisations, all working together towards ensuring that Afrikaners have a future in Southern Africa where we can be free, safe and prosperous.

AfriForum is the largest civil rights organisation in the Southern Hemisphere and unites more than 315 000 members behind a common cause. AfriForum has established more than 175 neighbourhood and farm watches, has developed emergency support services and even has a private firefighting unit. AfriForum’s more than 170 branches across the country do everything from cleaning up neighbourhoods and rivers, planting community vegetable gardens and trees, to painting street signs and repairing thousands of potholes. AfriForum has also established AfriForumTV, its own streaming service, film and documentary production company, and has its own arts theatre. AfriForum also manages a number of intercommunity and intercultural cooperation projects.

This all is made possible not through state funding or the goodwill of billionaires, but by thousands of everyday people who donate monthly. If you consider that there is usually only one AfriForum member per household, the 315 000 number can be considered as 315 000 families.

Conclusion

AfriForum and the wider Solidarity Movement have declared that we are building to stay and staying to build. AfriForum does not seek to isolate communities, but rather to help create resilient, healthy communities that cooperate with other communities on the basis of mutual recognition and respect. In the field of community-based, decentralised and state-proof solutions, AfriForum has pioneered the way, and we have only begun. The more members AfriForum gains, the more we can do. Become a member today.

Afrikaners and Zulu communities want to work together

Posted on October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 by BeweegAdministrator

Source: Adapted from AfriForum

A commemorative event for the former Zulu King, King Dinuzulu (1868-1913), was held on the Farm Rietfontein (Kwa Thengisangaye on Friday 18 October.

The reigning Zulu King, King Misuzulu KaZwelithini, invited AfriForum (an institution of the Solidarity Movement to the event. For these two parties this marks the beginning of formal discussions on cooperation between the Zulu communities and the Afrikaners.

King Misuzulu Zwelithini wants the talks to focus on cooperation in the fields of the economy, community safety, land management and cultural exchange, as well as other matters of joint interest.

This occasion was celebrated on the farm where King Dinuzulu died in exile on 18 October 1913, exactly 111 years ago.

A brief background on the Afrikaners and the Zulus

Many people who are not all that familiar with the history, are under the impression that the Afrikaners and the Zulus have a history of conflict and that, to this day, they live in animosity. This perception dates back to the times of the Great Trek.

Under the rule of King Dingaan, a cruel Zulu king, thousands of Zulus massacred innocent women, children and families during the Battle of Bloukrans. The Trekkers took revenge at the Battle of Blood River, a battle that claimed the lives of almost 10 000 Zulus.

In the aftermath of these events and King Dingaan’s death, the Voortrekkers, today’s Afrikaners, made peace with the Zulus. The Afrikaners even attended the inauguration of Dingaan’s successor, King Mpande. The Afrikaners and Zulus subsequently fought side by side on numerous occasions and cooperated whenever the opportunity presented itself.

This cooperation and peace clearly manifested in the he relationship King Dinuzulu had with the Afrikaners.

During the Bambata Rebellion against the British colonialists, King Dinuzulu was imprisoned in Newcastle. When South Africa became a Union the new Prime Minister, Louis Botha, ordered the release of the Zulu King.

After his release, King Dinuzulu was allowed to settle on the Farm Rietfontein where he spent his last years. Botha knew him well because, as a young man, Botha was a member of Comdt Lucas Meyer’s commando that supported King Dinuzulu in the victory over the Mandlakazi, a Zulu faction, during the Battle of Spookberg (Tshaneni) in 1884.

During the memorial event this month reference was made to the relationship between General Louis Botha and King Dinuzulu.

What does the future hold?

In his speech, the King emphasised among other things that the “historical alliances” that existed between the Afrikaners and the Zulus are “a reminder of the complexities and nuances of our past.”

“The relationships that existed between King Mpande, King Dinuzulu and the Boer leaders remind us of the intricate web of diplomacy and steadfastness that characterised our history,” King Misuzulu KaZweletini said.

According to Mwalela Cele, deputy head of research and innovation at Amafa, the KwaThengisangaye Site is a confirmation of the role that heritage can play in promoting peaceful coexistence.

“The site and the history and the heritage associated with it confirm that that there is more that unites us than what divides us in this beautiful country. It is very important to Amafa that sites such as this one are preserved and that memorials and plaques are erected so that they can be preserved for generations to come and so that people will be able to know their history,” Cele explained.

Barend Uys, head of intercultural relations and cooperation at AfriForum mentioned at the event that the present generation, like previous generations have the responsibility to ensure a future for generations to come. He maintains, that all peoples in the country are facing major challenges but that solutions beckon

AfriForum believes that all cultural communities should work together on a basis of mutual recognition and respect on matters that are important to us. The historical issue our generation has to resolve is the peaceful co-existence of all the peoples calling the southern tip of Afrika their home. What is happening here today can serve as a good start to ensure a peaceful co-existence. We are building trust. We are engaging in difficult talks that are necessary to achieve genuine reconciliation between peoples.”

Uys welcomed King Misuzulu’s positive response to a request for dialogue with the Afrikaans community.

“We are keenly looking forward to engage in talks with the king about issues that affect our respective communities, and to cooperate with the king,” Uys explained.

“AfriForum and Afrikaners choose to continue to exist with a sense of justice. We choose mutual recognition and respect. We choose a peaceful coexistence. What we are experiencing is that the other peoples in the country and especially the traditional leaders have also made the choice, and today’s celebrations were an exceptional example of that. We are also very grateful for the privilege of having King Misuzulu attending the occasion where he acted as keynote speaker.

Barend Uys of AfriForum, Frikkie Meyer (interpreter) and king Misuzulu KaZwelethini.

Afrikaner Foundation, AfriForum raise support in USA

Posted on July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 by BeweegAdministrator

Source: Maroela Media

The international community is increasingly becoming aware of the challenges confronting minorities such as the Afrikaners in South Africa, as well as the kind of solutions the institutions of the Solidarity Movement come up with to address these challenges. This is the overall observation of the representatives of the Afrikaner Foundation and AfriForum who have recently returned from a support-raising tour to the USA.

During this visit, Ernst Roux, executive director of the Afrikaner Foundation, and Ernst van Zyl, head of public relations at AfriForum, participated in various conferences, functions and networking discussions. Two highlights of the visit were the NatCon conference in Washington, D.C. (also known as NatCon 4), at which Roets was a speaker, and the launch of the Afrikaner Foundation in New York at an event hosted by the New York Young Republicans. On both occasions Roets referred to the South African government’s reckless policy framework and the solutions that Afrikaners come up with under these circumstances to create a free, safe and prosperous future at the southern tip of Africa. In this regard, the emphasis fell on the establishment of a network of community institutions.

Ernst Roets at an event of the New York Young Republicans

Roets stated that it is necessary to bring the kinds of problems that minorities such as the Afrikaners in South Africa are confronted with to the attention of the international community, especially because there has been a perception for some time that the South African political dispensation has become a kind of gold standard that should be followed by the rest of the world, while the opposite is true in many respects. “However, it is far more important to talk about solutions than to talk about problems. We have experienced that it is especially through our approach to solutions and our optimism about the future that Afrikaners are being rediscovered by the international community, but in the Western world in particular,” he added.

Van Zyl said the sincere interest in and admiration for Afrikaners’ state-resistant solutions have increased dramatically abroad, especially among Americans and Europeans. “The saying ‘’n boer maak ‘n plan’ (which literally means a farmer makes a plan) has expanded from being a local saying about Afrikaners’ ability to come up with a plan for everything, to an international saying. It is encouraging to know that our successes and what we are building not only inspire and give our people in South Africa hope, but also do so for people abroad,” Van Zyl concluded.

The Afrikaner Foundation is a new institution in the broader Solidarity Movement and is focused on mobilising international support.