by FOR SA | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog, Spotlight |
Errol Naidoo interviews Michael Swain (FOR SA) regarding the the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) Report – Recommendations regarding the commercialisation of...
by FOR SA | Jul 11, 2017 | Blog, Press Release, Spotlight |
PRESS RELEASE by Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION Concerns and Objections to CRL Recommendation to License Religion in South Africa It has come to our attention that the CRL Rights Commission (CRL) plans to present its Final Report...
by FOR SA | Jul 6, 2017 | Blog, Education: News & Media, Spotlight |
Last week, the Johannesburg High Court handed down judgment in the controversial case of OGOD versus Laerskool Randhart & Others, regarding religious observances in public schools. A copy of the full judgment is available here. Although OGOD are claiming that the...
by FOR SA | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog, Education: News & Media, Spotlight |
COURT SAYS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY NOT PROMOTE A PARTICULAR RELIGION A mere six weeks after the case was argued in Court, the Johannesburg High Court this morning delivered its much anticipated judgment in the case of OGOD v six public schools regarding religion in...
by FOR SA | Jun 27, 2017 | Blog, Press Release, Spotlight |
FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION CRL Meets With Parliament on State Licensing of Religion Despite serious concerns expressed from a wide cross-section of the South African faith community, the CRL Rights Commission is heading to Parliament on Tuesday, 27thJune to present...
by FOR SA | Jun 23, 2017 | Blog |
By Adv Nadene Badenhorst, FOR SA Legal Counsel and Daniela Ellerbeck, FOR SA Legal Advisor What is the place of religion in schools? This is the question the Court will have to decide in the case of OGOD vs six public schools, in which OGOD (an atheist organisation)...
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