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Basic Education Department strengthening curriculum content on Life Skills and Life Orientation through scripted lesson plans
View the Department of Basic Education’s Media Release: “Basic Education Department strengthening curriculum content on Life Skills and Life Orientation through scripted lesson plans”
Speech to African Parliamentarians Association for Human Rights (AfriPAHR) in Cape Town on 7 September 2019
Adv Nadene Badenhorst, Legal Counsel of Freedom of Religion South Africa Honourable Chair, Programme Director and esteemed members of AfriPAHR. Thank you for the opportunity to, for a few minutes, address you on the work of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA), a...
[Audio] CCFM Interview: CSE – The need to consult with teachers and parents
CCFM talks to FOR SA’s Michael Swain about, amongst other things, the Department of Basic Education’s meeting with Parliament about Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) on 17 September, as well as the lack of consultation to-date with teachers and parents by the...
Update On Recent or Current Religious Freedom Issues and Cases
* The cases and issues in which FOR SA is / has been involved, are marked with a star (*). POLICIES & BILLS Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill* The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has advised that the Minister was briefed and made several inputs that...
Proposed Regulation of Religion – Update
By Advocate Nadene Badenhorst, FOR SA Legal Counsel The agenda of the CRL Rights Commission (CRL) to continue to push ahead with their proposals to regulate religion remains one of the biggest threats to freedom of religion in South Africa. This is despite the...
The Aborting of Freedom of Conscience
By Michael Swain, Executive Director of FOR SA Freedom of conscience and belief is one of the most important human rights granted to every South African citizen by our Constitution, and is a central pillar of any healthy democracy. However, some who oppose...
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Speech to African Parliamentarians Association for Human Rights (AfriPAHR) in Cape Town on 7 September 2019
Adv Nadene Badenhorst, Legal Counsel of Freedom of Religion South Africa Honourable Chair, Programme Director and esteemed members of AfriPAHR. Thank you for the opportunity to, for a few minutes, address you on the work of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA), a...
read more[Audio] SAfm Interview: Religious Observances in Public Schools
SAfm’s Asanda talks to FOR SA’s Adv Nadene Badenhorst about religious freedom in public schools and the conditions for religious observances to take place.
read moreLegal Case Against Mission Organisation Favourably Resolved
By Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA)Last week, FOR SA’s Legal Counsel assisted in favourably resolving a legal case that threatened to seriously erode the religious rights of a well-respected international mission organisation based in South Africa....
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