AfrikaBurn Event Disclaimer

• Event Disclaimer & Indemnity:

• Attendance at AfrikaBurn is entirely at your own risk. By attending AfrikaBurn you hereby confirm that you fully understand the extreme nature and conditions of the event and voluntarily assume all risks and responsibility for yourself and your personal property, any minors or wards accompanying you to AfrikaBurn on a ticket purchased by you on their behalf and their personal property, including but not limited to: 
  
• damage, loss or destruction of personal property;
• damage, loss or destruction of property not owned by you;
• driving, flying to, or entering Quaggafontein and Vaalfontein for any reason whatsoever or using the airspace associated with the event;
• medical and emergency care 
• injury, serious injury or death; 

• Mutant Vehicles, Artworks, Theme Camps and performances are not owned or operated by AfrikaBurn. Interacting with any of these is done at your entire election and you accordingly assume any and all risk of injury, death or loss associated with or arising from their operation or occurrence. 
• In the case of medical emergency you agree to:
• medical assistance by a AfrikaBurn medical personnel
• comply with any and all direction given by AfrikaBurn medical personnel, which may include a direction to leave the event site in order to seek further medical care;
• indemnify AfrikaBurn, the Event Organisers, and all AfrikaBurn medical personnel against, damage or loss to your person or your property however caused, and you release AfrikaBurn from any claim arising from this risk and against any and all claims by third parties for injury, damage or loss sustained relating to your participation
• Participant accountability processes including investigation into, and sanctions of, unsafe participant behaviour informed by the AfrikaBurn 11 principles, enthusiastic consent standards, and health and safety guidelines. AfrikaBurn team members will identify and address behavioral or community issues which negatively affect participant safety and wellbeing. 

• By attending AfrikaBurn, you acknowledge and agree that the Event Organiser accepts no responsibility for, and you indemnify them against damage or loss to your person, and/or your property, however so caused, and you release AfrikaBurn from any claim arising from this risk and against any and all claims by third parties for injury, damage or loss sustained relating to your participation at AfrikaBurn.

• Event Requirements:

• The AfrikaBurn event site ‘Tankwa Town’ is clearly demarcated. You are not permitted beyond the demarcated areas, and without prior consent from an event official you are trespassing.  No access is allowed to any runway or aviation area at the event.
• You hereby confirm that you fully understand the extreme conditions of the event and are accordingly required to bring enough food, water, shelter, any chronic or prescription medication you need (which you commit to continue taking whilst onsite at AfrikaBurn) and first aid to survive for a week in a harsh environment. 
• Commercial vending is prohibited, as are all weapons, firearms, flares, fireworks, rockets and other explosives. 
• You agree to read and abide by all the rules contained in the www.afrikaburn.org/eventrules, as well as all valid instructions from all event team members and professional service providers, and to follow national and local laws. You understand and agree that this event is a private event on private property where your use or creation of any intellectual property is subject to the ownership use rights of AfrikaBurn, or other attendees, and that promotional or commercial use of images, audio or video taken at the event, including media of people, objects and artworks and their use in print or social media, is prohibited without the prior written consent of AfrikaBurn. 
• You appoint AfrikaBurn as your representative to take actions necessary to protect your intellectual property or privacy rights, recognising that AfrikaBurn has no obligation to take any action whatsoever.
• All vehicles including trucks, trailers, caravans and recreational vehicles entering and exiting AfrikaBurn are subject to a search by the Gate Team. You consent to reasonable examinations and searches by authorised AfrikaBurn event team members to ensure your compliance with laws and event rules, and acknowledge that illegal substances are not permitted at the event premises. 
• This is a leave no trace, pack it in, pack it out event. You are required to keep Tankwa Town clean for the duration of the event, and are expected to contribute at least two hours of general clean-up in addition to your own camp before departure.

• Personal Insurance:

• The Attendee acknowledges that the ticket price constitutes only a portion of the total costs in attending AfrikaBurn. 
• The Event Organiser recommends that all Attendees consider taking out personal insurance suited to their needs. This is particularly important for those travelling from overseas to attend AfrikaBurn.
• It is The Attendees prerogative to obtain your own insurance cover to protect yourself in the event that you are unable to attend AfrikaBurn. 
• You are hereby required to insure all property brought by you to the event, whether or not you own such property. 
• In the instance that you require medical treatment, or to be medically evacuated as directed by medical professionals, you will be held liable for these costs. It is recommended that you have adequate medical insurance in place.

Consumer Protection Act 68 Of 2008 (The Act) (Section 48 & 49) 

By attending AfrikaBurn, you understand and agree that AfrikaBurn as a supplier did not require you to give up any rights or to take up any other obligations, or to free it of any liability on terms that are unfair, unreasonable, or unjust. 

You have read and understood the above disclaimer and indemnity and agree it is not one-sided against you, deem it not unfavorable against you, and you have not been supplied with any incorrect or misleading information which can be calculated to be to your detriment. 

You confirm you are aware that the indemnity contained in this document limits the risk and liability of AfrikaBurn and passes such risk and liability to you, and that such indemnity imposes an obligation on you to indemnify AfrikaBurn, its members, directors, employees and agents.

You confirm that the extent of the application of the disclaimers and indemnity together with its liability limitation and exclusions contained in this document have been drawn to your attention in plain language and you have had the adequate opportunity receive and comprehend the contents and terms of such disclaimers and indemnity.