Despite the fact that the parliament’s five-year term officially comes to an end at midnight (21 May), Cape Forum is not going to give up the battle for the preservation of provincial referendums. “This is because we believe that elections alone are not sufficient to test citizens’ opinions on matters that affect them. Provincial referendums…
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…
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…
Cape Forum strongly condemns today’s events at the appearance of the accused in the missing Joslin Smith’s case at the Vredenburg Magistrate’s Court. Riots by members of the public at the time of the appearance of the accused were caused after it was insisted that a politician should be allowed inside the court building. Cape…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum also got the opportunity today at the eleventh hour to make its presentation on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (the so-called BELA Bill) to the Standing Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture. This follows after Cape Forum submitted its written comments on the Bill on…
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…
This week, the civil rights organisation Cape Forum once again made an urgent appeal to the South African Police Service (SAPS) to prioritise the reinstatement of the Kinnear family’s police security detail. Cape Forum, as well as a group of police members and other interested organisations, in support of the reinstatement of the family’s security…
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…
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