The dream of learners from Hoërskool Zwartberg in Prince Albert to attend NAMPO Cape –one of the largest agricultural expos in the Western Cape – in Bredasdorp was nearly shattered when the school’s minibus broke down on the eve of the popular event. However, at the request of the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), Kaapse…
The marginalisation of Coloured ex-soldiers from the previous dispensation, as well as their experience of ongoing “discrimination and injustices”, is being highlighted by the civil rights organisation Cape Forum through its campaign for the devolution of policing powers to the Western Cape. “The Coloured soldier has never had a voice,” says (retired) Army Colonel William…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum is holding a protest action tomorrow (Tuesday 11 August 2026) at parliament in Cape Town to call for the devolution of police powers in the Western Cape. “We can no longer stand by and watch as communities are reduced to bystanders, spectators, and victims in a war-like situation where 30…
Skurweberg Secondary School recently carved out a place for itself in the history books with the successful completion of its first broiler project and the first project of its kind in the Western Cape. Of the 2 000 broilers that Cape Forum donated to this school in Ceres two months ago, approximately 1 950 adult…
The Boland Rugby Union will now have to provide answers on allegations of bribery and complaints about referees’ handling of matches after Cape Forum lodged an application under the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA). The civil rights organisation’s application follows in the wake of serious allegations of match-fixing at the union. According to…
Soundbite: Heindrich Wyngaard (English) Soundbite: Heindrich Wyngaard (Afrikaans) The country’s Khoi and San groups must begin to act in ways that will put an end to the mockery that is being made of them over, among other things, mutual disputes over positions and traditions. This was the message from the civil rights organisation Cape Forum…
Cape Forum is calling on the media and other role players to also focus on the central role of the drug tik in the events that led to the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith in February 2024, when the guilty parties in this case are sentenced tomorrow (29 May). The organisation – which undertakes community…
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,…
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