afriforum

  1. Luis

    Shady Eskom diesel contracts worth hundreds of millions exposed

    Shady Eskom diesel contracts worth hundreds of millions exposed Eskom may be losing hundreds of millions of rands every month despite having a forensic report that could help stop the losses, AfriForum alleged in a statement on Tuesday. The civil rights organisation’s Private Prosecution Unit...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big questions about Eskom's free solar registration deadline

    Big questions about Eskom's free solar registration deadline Eskom has refused to provide an update on the extension of its free registration period for home and small-business rooftop solar power systems, which is set to end early next week. To improve the registration rate of small-scale...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom ready for legal challenges over municipal takeovers

    Eskom ready for legal challenges over municipal takeovers Eskom has declined to comment on AfriForum's concerns that its plan to interrupt power supply to 13 municipalities in South Africa could risk their collapse. In feedback sent to MyBroadband, the state power utility said it will await...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    SABC admits Afrikaans mistakes — but AfriForum demands answers

    SABC admits Afrikaans mistakes — but AfriForum demands answers The SABC has admitted it made mistakes in reshuffling and reducing Afrikaans content over the last three years without conducting thorough research on the potential impact. Since 2023, the broadcaster has cut at least two...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Sapvia clashes with Outa and Afriforum about solar registration

    Sapvia clashes with Outa and Afriforum about solar registration The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (Sapvia) believes that Eskom and municipalities' additional requirements for grid-tied solar power systems that go beyond ensuring safe operation are not illegal. The association...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
    • Jan
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    • afriforum promotion of access to information act (paia) university of johannesburg (uj) vivian alberts
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
    • Jan
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    • afriforum automobile association of south africa (aa) driving licence card fikile mbalula organisation undoing tax abuse (outa) reiner duvenage wayne duvenage
    • Replies: 73
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
    • Jan
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    • afriforum afriforumtv dstv kallie kriel multichoice solidarity youtube
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Agent67

    AfriForum and Heindrich Wyngaard establish Kaapse Forum

    https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/afriforum-and-heindrich-wyngaard-establish-kaapse-
  18. 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...
  19. Agent67

    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
  20. 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...
    • Jan
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    • afriforum department of basic education (dbe) maroela media matric matric 2021 umalusi
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: News and Current Affairs
  21. 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...
    • Jan
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    • afriforum justice bess nkabinde legal interception promotion of access to information act (paia) rica
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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