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AfriForum
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| Formation | 26 March 2006 |
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| Type | NGO |
| Headquarters | Union Street, Kloofsig, Centurion, Gauteng |
| Membership | 235,000 (March 2020)[1] |
CEO | Carl Martin Kriel |
Head: Organisation Building | William Waugh |
Head: Operational Affairs | Frik Dreyer |
| Affiliations | Solidarity Movement |
| Website | afriforum |
AfriForum is a South African non-governmental organisation which mainly focuses on the interests of Afrikaners, a subgroup of the country's white population. AfriForum has been described as a "white nationalist, alt-right, and Afrikaner nationalist group",[2][3][4] though this description is rejected by the organisation's leadership,[5] who refer to themselves as a civil rights group.[6]
Established in 2006 to encourage the re-engagement of Afrikaners in the public sphere,[7] it is closely affiliated with the Solidarity trade union,[8] and has attracted significant controversy because of a statement by its leader, Kallie Kriel, that apartheid was not a crime against humanity;[9][10][11] a court ruled that Kriel did not justify apartheid or align himself with the racially discriminatory policies of the past. He unequivocally stated that apartheid was wrong because it was a system that infringed upon the dignity of people.[12]
- ^ Bester, Carina (10 February 2020). "AfriForum requests meeting with Health Minister regarding NHI". Politicsweb. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Nakamura, David; Hudson, John; Stanley-Becker, Isaac (23 August 2018). "'Dangerous and poisoned': Critics blast Trump for endorsing white-nationalist conspiracy theory on South Africa". The Washington Post.
- ^ "South Africa's white right, the Alt-Right and the alternative". The Conversation. 4 October 2018.
- ^ "'Traitors of the volk' trash AfriForum". The Citizen (South African newspaper). 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ Powell, Anita (12 July 2019). "White Nationalism Moves Into South African Mainstream Politics". Voice of America.
- ^ "Wie is ons?" [Who we are?], Afriforum,
AfriForum is 'n burgerregteorganisasie wat Afrikaners, Afrikaanssprekendes en ander minderheidsgroepe in Suid-Afrika mobiliseer en hul regte beskerm. [AfriForum is a civil rights organization that mobilizes Afrikaners, Afrikaans speakers and other minority groups in South Africa and protects their rights.]
- ^ Visser, Wessel P. "From MWU To Solidarity – A Trade Union Reinventing Itself" (PDF). University Of Stellenbosch. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ du Toit, Pieter (31 January 2017). "AfriForum And Solidarity's 'Parallel State'". Huffington Post South Africa. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017.
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news24-apartheid-irr-13032019was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Dlulane, Bonga. "AfriForum's Kriel: Court win against BLF proves I'm not a supporter of apartheid". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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