Media Statements

Cape Forum supports the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality’s plan to establish its own detective service within its metro police department following the upcoming local government elections. The organisation welcomes this as a significant step towards the devolution of policing powers – a campaign that Cape Forum, as a civil rights organisation, has been…

Cape Forum has submitted its comments on Stellenbosch University’s (SU) draft language policy for 2026, reaffirming its support for genuine multilingualism. However, the organisation warns that the proposed policy risks deepening existing language inequalities by increasingly establishing English as the default language, while subjecting Afrikaans and isiXhosa to undefined conditional support as second-languages. According to…

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…

Cape Forum was formally recognised by the Western Cape Provincial Cultural Commission as a cultural organisation active in the province this past week. This recognition confirms Cape Forum’s continued commitment to promoting, protecting and enhancing the rich cultural heritage of communities across the Western Cape. “The official designation of Cape Forum as a cultural organisation…

Cape Forum is increasingly concerned about the incidence of disorder and violence at schools, which disrupts education and the safety of learners. The civil rights organisation has therefore started a new safety audit that empowers schools to take proactive action. The audit not only assesses the state of safety at a school but also suggests…

Cape Forum facilitated the donation of 2 000 broilers from National Chicks and one cycle of feed (from day one until the chick is slaughtered) from Meadow Feeds to Skurweberg Secondary School in Ceres earlirlier this month. This follows after the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) approached the civil rights organisation to assist with such…

Cape Forum, AfriForum and the TRANCRAA Transformation Committee of the Genadendal community joined forces in February to improve the community’s safety over the long term through a joint comprehensive safety assessment facilitated by AfriForum’s community safety experts. This is the first step in the process of establishing contingency plans and the community’s ability to implement…

Cape Forum this past week handed over 49 of the 400 school bags, that the civil rights organisation donates to needy grade 1 learners in the Western Cape, to schools in the Knysna area. A total of 25 school bags – filled with stationery – were donated to the grade ones of Hornlee Primary School…

Cape Forum received more than one million seeds from Rijk Zwaan, the Dutch seed and vegetable breeding company, on 4 February for the benefit of the organisation’s project to establish vegetable gardens at schools. This generous donation will be used at schools where Cape Forum is already involved with a strong focus on practical learning,…

The civil rights organisation Cape Forum is questioning President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision not to appoint any of the candidates shortlisted for the position of National Director of Public Prosecutions to the position. While we do not doubt the abilities of Adv Jan Lekgoa (Andy) Mothibi, we find it strange that he was appointed above the…