afriforum

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Nersa rushed through municipal tariff approvals — Rapport

    Nersa rushed through municipal tariff approvals The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has been accused of rushing through municipalities' electricity hike approvals without proper assessments of their validity. Sunday newspaper Rapport has obtained information showing that...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    Afriforum takes Nersa to court to block municipal electricity hikes

    Afriforum takes Nersa to court to block municipal electricity hikes Afriforum has launched an urgent legal application that could stop municipalities from increasing electricity tariffs next month. The civil rights organisation has asked the Pretoria High Court to block the National Energy...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Rustenburg residents and businesses must pay for replacing municipality's electricity equipment

    Rustenburg residents and businesses must pay for replacing municipality's electricity equipment Residents of Rustenburg in the North West have been paying for parts to repair electricity infrastructure belonging to the city themselves, Rapport reports. The issue was highlighted by civil...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Afriforum begins court battle over 5-year licence card validity

    Afriforum begins court battle over 5-year licence card validity The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard Afriforum's legal application calling for the scrapping of the five-year validity periods on South Africa's driver's licence cards on Monday, 7 August 2023. The civil rights...
  5. Jan

    Afriforum takes legal action against UJ over alleged fraud and corruption involving solar panel patent

    Afriforum takes UJ to court for allegedly "hijacking" solar panel patent Afriforum has served the University of Johannesburg (UJ) with a court papers over a PAIA application seeking information about the alleged "hijacking" of the intellectual property and assets of a former professor at the...
  6. Jan

    Afriforum's private power plans, including nuclear from X-Energy's PBMR

    Afriforum starting its own power company — with nuclear plans in the pipeline Civil rights organisation Afriforum is launching its own electricity generation company, with plans to deploy South Africa's first Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). The organisation's chief executive Kallie Kriel...
  7. Jan

    Fikile Mbalula explains in court documents why South Africa's driving licence cards expire

    Why South African driver's licence cards expire every five years South Africa's driving licence cards are valid for five years because the material they were originally made from was believed to only last that long. That is according to court documents filed by transport minister Fikile...
  8. Jan

    Debate over legality of driving licence card expiry

    Why it's unlawful for driving licence cards to expire in South Africa Afriforum has explained why it believes that driver's licence cards should never expire and is launching a legal case to challenge the requirement to renew them. The civil rights organisation recently announced it would be...
  9. Jan

    Afriforum launches legal challenge against 5-year driving licence expiry - says fines illegal

    Illegal for South African driver's licence cards to expire — court battle launched Afriforum has launched a legal challenge to the 5-year validity period for driver's licence cards. It also contends that fines issued against motorists with expired cards are illegal. On Thursday, the civil...
  10. Jan

    DStv copyright takedown on AfriForumTV's launch video

    DStv blocks AfriForumTV launch video on YouTube DStv had YouTube take down the launch video of a new Afrikaans streaming service based on a suspicious copyright claim. The target of South Africa's biggest pay-TV broadcaster was AfriForumTV, a new Afrikaans-focused video streaming service...
  11. Sultan Mustafa

    AfriForum and Heindrich Wyngaard establish Kaapse Forum

    https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/afriforum-and-heindrich-wyngaard-establish-kaapse-
  12. Jan

    AfriForum's lawyers sending legal letter to Fikile Mbalula over driver's licence deadline

    Driver's licence chaos — legal action threatened over renewal deadline AfriForum has announced that it has instructed its lawyers to prepare a letter for the Department of Transport demanding that the grace period for renewing expired driving licence cards be extended beyond 31 March 2022...
  13. Sultan Mustafa

    EFF's Ndlozi may face intimidation charge for social media comments in response to AfriForum

    https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/effs-ndlozi-may-face-intimidation-charge-for-social-media-comments-in-response-to-afriforum-20220207
  14. Jan

    Matric results publication gets green light from High Court and Umalusi

    Matric exam results get green light The Pretoria High Court has ruled that the Department of Basic Education should continue publishing the matric results on public platforms, including newspapers and online. The Department of Basic Education says that it will abide by the North Gauteng High...
  15. Jan

    AfriForum investigating legal action against unlawful interception

    Legal action against unlawful spying by police in South Africa AfriForum says it has submitted a Promotion of Access to Information Act application to the joint standing committee on intelligence following reports of widespread unlawful wiretapping by South Africa's security cluster. The civil...
  16. Anthro

    Motsepe-Radebe identified as a cosignatory of at least 2 bank accounts holding some of the more than $10 billion allegedly stolen

    BIG NEWS: #AfriForum & #GerrieNel have officially been appointed by the #Botswana government to represent them in a high-profile money-laundering & fraud case, in which businesswoman Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe (sister-in-law of @CyrilRamaphosa & wife of Jeff Radebe) is implicated. Shocking...
  17. D

    Apartheid was not a crime against humanity - AfriForum CEO

    https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/apartheid-was-not-a-crime-against-humanity-afriforum-ceo-20180514 AfriForum's CEO says apartheid was not a crime against humanity. Eusebius McKaiser, who hosted Kallie Kriel on his Radio 702 show on Monday to discuss farm murders, asked him what he...
  18. Kevin Lancaster

    AfriForum to challenge Eskom’s right to cut power to municipalities

    AfriForum to challenge Eskom’s right to cut power to municipalities AfriForum and its commercial interest group AfriBusiness will apply for an urgent interdict in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday to prevent Eskom from cutting electricity to five municipalities that have not paid their bills.
  19. Jan

    Criminal cases against South African Facebook users opened: AfriForum

    Criminal cases opened against South African Facebook users AfriForum has laid criminal charges against Facebook users for allegedly inciting violence on the social media platform.
  20. jes

    E-tag, e-toll bill complaints

    E-tag, e-toll bill complaints Users find e-tolling admin and compliance ‘a frustrating and baffling experience.’
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