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…
End of content
End of content
All fields marked with * are compulsory.
Thank you for wanting to donate to Cape Forum
All fields marked with * are compulsory.
"*" indicates required fields
Cape Forum
22B Church Street
Durbanville
Cape Town
7550
021 745 4082
© Cape Forum
POPI act