South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Recent claims made to parliament by the CRL Rights Commission that it has wide support in the faith community for its proposals for the compulsory licensing of religious practitioners and organisations were contradicted by major church groups who participated in public hearings in parliament this week. While a handful of […]
Freedom of Religion SA has issued an urgent call to church groups to challenge “completely untrue and grossly misleading” claims by the CRL Rights Commission that over 45 million Christians support its recommendations for the compulsory licensing of religion. In its official annual report which it presented to parliament last […]
The differences between churches and the CRL Rights Commission reached a new level last weekend when the Weekend Post newspaper led with a report on threats by major churches in the Eastern Cape to campaign against political parties which support the CRL’s religious regulation proposals. Freedom of Religion SA, which […]
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) has issued legal proceedings out of the Johannesburg High Court, to protect the organisation from defamatory statements made by the CRL Rights Commission (CRL) to the public and the media with the clear intention of undermining and discrediting the organisation. In their application, […]
By Andrew Selley founder and CEO of Freedom Of Religion SA (FOR SA) The CRL Rights Commission briefing the media on its report on the commercialisation of religion. The report, which recommends state regulation of religion, was handed to President Jacob Zuma this week. The COGTA parliamentary committee will be […]
Freedom of Religion SA this week repeated an urgent call on the religious community to make submissions on the CRL Right’s Commission’s controversial religious licensing proposals by no later than August 21. “It is absolutely crucial that religious communities make their voices heard on this issue to COGTA [ Cooperative Governance […]
Religious communities should take up an invitation by a parliamentary committee to comment on a report calling for regulation of religion in South Africa, says Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) in an urgent update emailed to its constituents today. If religious leaders do not respond promptly to the CRL […]