AfriForum continues legal battle against water rights racial quotas [SOUND]

# AfriForum has filed an appeal against the Department of Water and Sanitation’s decision to block the transfer of irrigation water rights from a black farmer to a white farmer. The department argues the move contradicts its transformation goals. AfriForum’s Marais de Vaal insists that race should not be the sole factor in water licence decisions and warns that the livelihoods of rural workers are at risk: