by FOR SA | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog, Regulation of Religion |
FOR SA’s Executive Director, Michael Swain, and Mrs Rooks Moodley the Director at Eastern Cape NGO Coalition, spoke to Link FM about the CRL Commission’s recommendation to regulate religion through amongst others, licencing religious practioners and places of...
by FOR SA | Sep 1, 2017 | Alert, Blog, Regulation of Religion |
This past week we have received two notifications from the Secretary of the COGTA Parliamentary Portfolio Committee advising us that they have again changed the dates for these hearings. The last one – received after close of business yesterday – reads as follows:...
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 | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog, Regulation of Religion |
By Andrew Selley (Founder & CEO, FOR SA) Freedom of Religion has long been considered to be the most important of all human rights. It was birthed from a recognition that whenever the State interferes with religion, the consequences are inevitably negative and...
by FOR SA | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog, Regulation of Religion |
by Guest Author Kelly Stone In October 2016, Parliament released the latest draft of the Prevention and Combatting of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill (“the Bill”) for public comment. The Bill, which has been ten years in the making, creates a separate category of...
by FOR SA | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog, Call to Action, Regulation of Religion |
It has been an exceptionally busy year, with FOR SA assisting various churches, Christian ministries and businesses with regard to (threats of) legal cases opened up against them. In addition, we have made representations with regard to a number of policies and draft...
