Cape Forum is deeply disturbed by the events in the Johannesburg suburb of Coronationville where residents have been forced to protest over the past few days due to the non-provision of water services. “The non-provision of water rights is a serious violation of a basic human right of the community,” says Heindrich Wyngaard, Chairperson of…
Cape Forum expresses its deep disappointment and dismay over the video currently circulating on social media showing a young (coloured) girl making a racist remark towards (black) fellow learners. “We strongly condemn this,” says Heindrich Wyngaard, Cape Forum’s Chairperson. We have taken note that the incident occurred at Knysna High School in the Southern Cape….
Civil society organisation Cape Forum is deeply disgusted and outraged by the vile and degrading comments recently aired on the Open Chats Podcast. In the particular episode, four young Black African presenters referred to the Coloured community as being incestuous and “crazy”, alleging that Coloured people “sleep with their siblings”. Cape Forum is of the…
Cape Forum is calling on the South African Rugby Union (SARU) to investigate allegations of referee bribery in the Boland itself. The organisation will also offer legal assistance to persons with information regarding incidents where referees were bribed to blow in favour of a specific team, as well as to those who fear they will…
The continuous failure of the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) forensic science laboratory to address the backlog in the processing of DNA evidence shows that mismanagement, incompetence and blatant disregard for justice have become the norm in South Africa’s policing structures. How many victims of rape and violent crime should be denied justice while criminals…
The Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) decision to cut more than 2 400 teaching posts next year will have far-reaching consequences for the province and will not only adversely affect the education sector but also community development, crime rates and economic growth. This is the warning from the civil rights organisation Cape Forum laid out…
Civil society organisations across South Africa – such as the Cape Forum – are united in fierce opposition to the deeply worrying Basic Education Acts Amendment Bill (also known as the BELA Bill), which was recently proposed by the ruling party and this morning (Tuesday) passed by the National Council of Provinces. This draconian piece…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum embarked on an exciting green project last week (8 November) in collaboration with the Cape Forum partner Green for Life, the organisation’s chief executive officer, Jan Odendaal, and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Sixty fruit trees were planted as part of this project at Carpe Diem,…
This week, the civil rights organisation Cape Forum, in collaboration with Green for Live, the Mossel Bay Community Soup Kitchen and the Mossel Bay Municipality, planted 50 indigenous and fruit trees as a living monument for female victims of gender-based violence at a sports ground in Highway Park, Mossel Bay. A group of women, who…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum welcomes the Department of Employment and Labour’s announcement that the new amendments to the Employment Equality Act and the new race regulations will no longer be implemented on 1 September. This follows after Cape Forum, together with 30 other organisations, took a stand against the government’s new neo-apartheid racial…
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