by FOR SA | Mar 27, 2020 | Blog, Spotlight Highlight Top |
By Adv Nadene Badenhorst, FOR SA Legal Counsel In an article last week, FOR SA discussed the President’s declaration of a “national state of disaster” in South Africa and the (legal and practical) impact thereof on religious organisations. ...
by FOR SA | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog, Spotlight Highlight Top |
By Adv Nadene Badenhorst, FOR SA Legal Counsel On Sunday, 15 March 2020 President Ramaphosa declared a “national state of disaster” in South Africa, and announced various preventative measures to try and stem the spreading of Covid-19 (otherwise known as “the Corona...
by FOR SA | Feb 4, 2020 | Blog, Spotlight Highlight Top |
By Michael Swain, FOR SA Executive Director Recently, the owners of the Beloftebos wedding venue were back in the cross hairs because they declined the opportunity to host (and for their family to be involved in) the celebration of the same-sex wedding of Megan...
by FOR SA | Jan 24, 2020 | Press Release, Spotlight Highlight Top |
PRESS RELEASE 24 January 2020 For immediate distribution CSE – Department tells religious leaders to “get on board or else” The meeting on Thursday, 23rd January 2020 between traditional and religious leaders from across the faith spectrum and the...
by FOR SA | Dec 3, 2019 | Blog, Spotlight Highlight Top |
CCFM talks to FOR SA’s Michael Swain who discusses the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgment in Qwelane wherein the Court said that the Equality Act’s definition of hate speech is too wide, because hurtful speech is not hate speech. They also briefly look at the Civil...
by FOR SA | Nov 12, 2019 | Blog, Spotlight Highlight Top |
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) recognises – in light of the high rates of teenage pregnancy, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), gender violence, etc. – that the Department of Basic Education (the Department) can claim that...
