Political parties and civil society organisations across South Africa, such as Cape Forum, are united in their vehement opposition to the deeply worrying Basic Education Acts Amendment Bill (also known as the BELA Bill) approved by the National Assembly (NA) yesterday. This draconian piece of legislation represents a clear attack on the constitutional rights and…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum urgently called on the South African Police Service (SAPS) today to intervene in the collapse of the Philippi Police College and conduct a thorough investigation into several shocking allegations regarding the staff, quality of training, treatment of women and quality of and criminality among police recruits. The decline of…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum argues that rumours about political interference in the fishing industry and allegations that it has become a breeding ground for cadre deployment must be urgently investigated. This interference means that the livelihood and culture of the Cape’s small-scale fishing communities, which earn their bread and butter from this industry,…
If the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (also known as the BELA Bill) is accepted in its current form, it will amount to a shameful stripping of parents’ say in their children’s school education in particular regarding schools’ language and admission policies. This is the opinion of the civil rights organisation Cape Forum, which submitted…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum and several other local community leaders, activists, and civil rights organisations gathered in front of the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Mitchells Plain police station on Friday (26 January) to protest against the terrifying wave of firearms theft from this police station. It came to light last week that…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum has today sent an urgent letter to the Western Cape District Commissioner, Maj Gen Vincent Beaton, and called for the reinstatement of the widow of the murdered Lt Col Charl Kinnear, Nicolette Kinnear’s, security detail. Cape Forum argues that the reinstatement of her and her family’s security detail, at…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum believes the resignation of Dr. Bongani Mabaso, chief executive officer of the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), raises red flags about the growing problems at this agency. Mabaso’s early termination of his five-year contract follows barely eight months after he joined the agency in April this year and almost…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum and community members today protested in front of the Athlone Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town against bail for alleged throat slasher Arthur Sass who is accused of stabbing his wife, Genevieve Snyders, in the chest and slitting her throat on 28 November. Snyders was at a store to buy…
Possibility of irregularities in tender process must now be investigated While the Western Cape is caught in a serious stranglehold of crime, members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in this province have to make do with insufficient and antiquated technology or make use of personal WhatsApp messages. The civil rights organisation Cape Forum…
Cape Forum urges fairness and equality for small-scale fishers The civil rights organisation Cape Forum has today, on World Fisheries Day, made an urgent appeal to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment to be fair in determining the total allowable catch (TAC) of West Coast Rock Lobster for small-scale fishers. The United Nations’ Food…
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