A Guideline for Public Schools, and Religious Practitioners and Organisations working into Public Schools On 28 June 2017, the Johannesburg High Court delivered judgment in the case of OGOD vs Laerskool Randhart & Others. In terms of the Court order, it is...
‘OGOD’ Judgment: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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...
BREAKING NEWS: Court Says Public Schools May Not Promote A Particular Religion
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...
Intervening in Case Against “Christian Schools”
In 2014, a secular group by the name of OGOD instituted legal action against six public schools with a Christian ethos, in the Johannesburg High Court. In its court papers, OGOD is asking the Court to find that the schools, by promoting or associating with a...
Radio Tygerberg interview with Nadene Badenhorst on Christian Schools Case – 9 Sep 2014
Nadene Badenhorst (Legal Counsel of FOR SA) gives Anton Brink of Radio Tygerberg an update on the legal proceedings recently instituted by a secular group against six public schools in the Johannesburg High Court, for holding themselves out as “Christian schools”. At...
Radio Tygerberg interview with Nadene Badenhorst on Christian Schools Case – 4 Sep 2014
Nadene Badenhorst (Legal Counsel of FOR SA) speaks to Anton Brink of Radio Tygerberg about the legal proceedings recently instituted by a secular group against six public schools in the Johannesburg High Court, for holding themselves out as “Christian schools”. She...
Interview with Andrew Selley on Christian schools taken to court
Wayne Turner of CCFm speaks to Andrew Selley (Founder & CEO of FOR SA) about the legal proceedings recently instituted by a secular group against six public schools in the Johannesburg High Court, for holding themselves out as Christian schools. Selley spells out...
What is the “Schools Case” about, and how can Christians help?
Christians in South Africa were up in arms this week (and rightly so) when news broke of the court case instituted by a secular group against six “Christian schools”, in the Johannesburg High Court. The group is effectively asking the Court to remove and ban...