by FOR SA | Apr 1, 2019 | Alert, Blog |
Kingfisher’s Ethan Black talks to Michael Swain about the Pretoria High Court’s judgment in the Gaum v Dutch Reformed Church matter and ADACSA’s application asking the Court to clarify its judgment.
by FOR SA | Mar 29, 2019 | Alert, Blog |
By Adv Nadene Badenhorst, FOR SA Legal Counsel With relations between the CRL Rights Commission (CRL) and the religious community in South Africa severely strained, the religious sector is hoping that President Ramaphosa will carefully consider who he appoints to...
by FOR SA | Mar 18, 2019 | Alert, Blog, Spotlight |
*The cases and issues in which FOR SA is / has been involved, are marked with a star (*). POLICIES & BILLS Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill* The deadline for public comments on the revised draft of the Bill closed on 15 February 2019. ...
by FOR SA | Mar 18, 2019 | Alert, Blog, Spotlight |
By Daniela Ellerbeck, Legal Advisor for FOR SA The revised Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill saw strong public participation, with the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice reportedly receiving 16 000+ submissions before the closing...
by FOR SA | Mar 8, 2019 | Alert, Blog, Call to Action, Spotlight |
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) welcomes the surprise move by the Department of Social Development (DSD) to remove clauses proposing the criminalisation of physical correction in the home (regardless of how light or well-intentioned), from the Children’s...
by FOR SA | Jan 30, 2019 | Alert, Blog, Call to Action |
VERY IMPORTANT AND URGENT: As communicated earlier this week, the CRL Rights Commission (CRL) has called a National Consultative Conference (NCC) in Pretoria on 25 – 26 February 2019. (See the CRL’s notice published in the newspaper on Sunday, 27 January 2019, at the...
