South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
John Qwelane’s case is an important one for freedom of speech writes Advocate Nadene Badenhorst in this special report on the issues and implications of this high-profile hate speech hearing. After many years, the controversial case of Qwelane v Minister for Justice & Others finally came before the Johannesburg High […]
Yesterday (March 9) a pro-abortion group attacked, vandalised and stole from the stall of Students for Life at the University of Cape Town at Orientation Week. Wandile Mhlongo UCT Students for Life chairperson said: “Such intolerant acts need be exposed for what they are. We are in a period whereour […]
In October 2016, the CRL Rights Commission released its Report on the “commercialisation” of religion and abuse of people’s belief systems. The Report recommends the broad-scale regulation of religion in South Africa, including the compulsory registration and licensing (depending on doctrine) of all religious institutions and religious practitioners. The deadline […]
The Church and the Press are two fundamental pillars of civil society that stand for freedom of speech. Our recent history is a clear example of the important role that the Church and the media played in the struggle against Apartheid. In fact, at one stage the Church was the […]
Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) has prepared a sample submission on the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill which churches and individuals can copy or adapt and submit to government by January 31 2017 which is the deadline for submissions. With its very broad definition of hate speech, FOR […]
In response to a flood of emails from concerned Christians the Department of Justice has extended the deadline for comments on the Hate Crimes Bill from December 1 2016 to January 31 2017. In the short video clip below Family Policy Institute Errol Naidoo interviews Steve Swart ACDP MP and […]
Secular groups criticises May for faith comments Compiled from reports in Charisma News and CBN News Theresa May has said Christians should be able to speak about their faith in the workplace. Responding to a question in Parliament, the Prime Minister said the UK has a “very strong tradition” of […]
Originally published in FOR SA. It has been brought to our attention by friend and ally INcontext Ministries (www.incontextministries.org), that it may be necessary to shed light on and clarify two e-mails that are currently doing the rounds relating to “State Control Religion in South Africa”. (Note that FOR SA […]
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) have posted two online petitions which provide South Africans with an easy way to oppose current government-driven threats to freedom of religion and freedom of speech. FOR SA NEWSFLASH This afternoon (Thursday November 17 2016), FOR SA, acting on behalf of over 69 […]
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development recently released the long-awaited and very controversial Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. (The Bill is available for download at http://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/invitations/invites.htm). In essence, the bill creates two new criminal offences in South African law, namely “hate crimes” and “hate […]