South Africa

Deadline extended for public comment on land expropriation legislation

Parliament yesterday agreed to extend the deadline for public submissions on legislation around land expropriation without compensation from today to February 29. The ad hoc committee to initiate and introduce legislation amending Section 25 of the Constitution met yesterday to discuss provincial public hearings which it was agreed will start in […]

DBE ‘consultation’ with religious leaders was ‘set-up’ to push CSE, discredit Church

Meeting packed with young activists, senior church leaders denied access Christian leaders who attended a meeting on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in Pretoria yesterday hosted by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) say it was not a consultation with religious and traditional leaders as advertised but a calculated attempt to […]