Please be informed: Our team will be taking a well-deserved break to recharge and celebrate the holiday season. Our operations will be on pause starting today & resume on January 13th, 2025. Thank you for your continued support. We wish you a joyful and peaceful holiday season!

Afesis is back in action. Our offices opened today, and we are ready for another year filled with impactful programmes. Together, let's make every action count to unlock the greatness of South Africa for everyone. #democracy #DevelopmentForAll #community #Action #Afesis

LAND EXPROPRIATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW! The #ExpropriationAct2024 is here, and EVERYONE has an opinion. But do YOU know the facts? Here’s a simplified infographic: What’s your biggest question about land expropriation? Let’s talk. 👇🏾 #LandReform #LandRights

LAST CHANCE! Have your say on #Budget2025! Submit your ideas to National Treasury by 12 Feb on topics like energy funding, tax reforms, and economic growth. Use #TipsForMinFin or visit: bit.ly/3ruszsi. There is no stronger economy without YOUR voice!⏳ #ActiveCitizenry

"There is a new and real threat to peace and livelihoods at a community level with the rise of local gangs and other such nefarious activities. One can never understate the need for increased investment in crimefighting and policing." #SONA2025 #BugdetSpeech #ServiceDelivery

📈 HFCE on food ↑1.4% in Q4 2024. But annual food prices spiked 2.3%, crushing low-income households. Women bear the brunt: choosing between meals, transport, & school fees. #FoodInflationCrisis isn’t just numbers—it’s survival. Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), we need #GenderResponsiveBudgets NOW.

On #InternationalWomensDay, we honored the strength of women in South Africa’s informal settlements. Despite lacking basic sanitation, safe housing, & facing rising food insecurity (from 15.8% to 19.7%), they persevere. Let’s empower every woman. #IWD2025 #SouthAfrica

Government will increase VAT to 16% by the 2026/2027 financial year. South Africa needs solutions that do not trade off the well-being of the poor for budgetary fixes that make concessions for the rich. #Budget2025 #BudgetSpeech2025

Why do informal settlements in South Africa keep growing? It's not just about land or housing—it's about systemic neglect. 🎥 WATCH: Our new video unpacks the roots of the crisis and how Afesis is reimagining urban justice in Buffalo City Metro. 🔗 youtu.be/snZLcj6rU6I #Afesis

SA’s poor paying the price for bad policy. 📈 Food basket: R5.4K ⛽ Fuel up 15c/l 📉 VAT relief denied 🆘 Grant increases fall short “Economic policy must protect—not punish—the poor.” – Vusi Gqomose @Afesis 📖 Daily Dispatch, 29 May 2025 l1nq.com/oJhvu #policymakers

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 3: 𝑹𝒆𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 In Phola Park, families are voluntarily shifting their homes—not because they’re forced to, but because they see what’s coming: 💡 Electricity 🚽 Sanitation 🚑 Access This is reblocking in action. 🎥 [Watch the video]

Diplomacy isn’t just about seats at the table—it’s about who is heard, whose experiences guide decisions, and how inclusive solutions are made. Women diplomats bring lived experience and empathy to global challenges. 🌐🕊️ Read more here: afesis.org.za/executive-dire… #DiplomacyForAll

"Disaster is no longer a matter of if in the Eastern Cape, but when and how hard." Afesis ED, Nontando Ngamlana, reflects on the province’s disaster readiness following the devastating OR Tambo floods. dailydispatch.co.za/news/opinion/2… 🌧️ #EasternCape #ClimateCrisis

“I understand how important it is to be here — providing oversight & resolving community issues.” – Owen Dastile As a PSC member, Owen helps guide the reblocking project in Phola Park, ensuring fairness & transparency alongside @Afesis & partners. #PeopleCentredDevelopment. 📹👇

Phola Park residents no longer battle open sewage & flooding alone. 🚧✅ • Sewage spill fixed • New stormwater drains & roads erected • Local residents hired & trained Infrastructure + community = transformation. 🛠️ #Reblocking #Afesis #SpatialJustice #ClimateResilience BCM Museum

“If you give everyone food, then around the table everybody is equal.” – Lindo, Afesis 💜 Women dream of more than survival. They dream of justice, dignity & thriving communities. Watch the full video on our YouTube Channel; youtu.be/qrimtJ46nLs #WomensMonth2025 #AfesisVoices

Mortgage Gap — Women left behind “Homeownership is the primary way ordinary South Africans build intergenerational wealth. The system denies women the same pathway to security and prosperity that men enjoy. This is a structural injustice.” #HousingJustice #FinancialInclusion

Only 28% of economic-inclusion programmes push for policy change (World Bank , SEI 2024). We must move from empowerment to advocacy — demand laws that secure land, credit & markets for rural women. What other policies are needed to support rural women in SA? #PolicyAdvocacy

🌾 #RuralWomenRising Rural women remain excluded. 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭: Afesis works with over 1 500 rural women across 5 district municipalities — empowering them to lead in governance & climate action. #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen #Afesis #EconomicInclusionSA

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for South Africa’s grocery retailers to bring down food prices and avoid cartel behaviour is not just an economic concern — it’s a moral and social justice issue. “We stand with rural and poor households calling for fair food prices.” #FoodJustice