by FOR SA | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog, Education: News & Media, Regulation of Religion
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...
by FOR SA | Jul 6, 2017 | Blog, Education: News & Media
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
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 | Mar 2, 2016 | Education: News & Media
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...
by FOR SA | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog, Education: News & Media, Interview
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...
by FOR SA | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog, Education: News & Media, Interview
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...