Bela disaster: ANC must brace itself – communities will not give in

Bela disaster: ANC must brace itself – communities will not give in

The ANC government must brace itself, because diverse communities are now truly standing together for the first time and will not allow the Bela legislation to be turned into a Bela disaster. This is according to the civil rights organisation Cape Forum after it has just been announced that the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill…

Kinnear assassination: Police running devious cover-up campaign

Kinnear assassination: Police running devious cover-up campaign

The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) deliberate failure to act according to the recommendations of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) report regarding the assassination of Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear, indicates a deceitful cover-up campaign that is being driven from the heart of the SAPS. The civil rights organisation Cape Forum maintains that Kinnear’s assassination…

Bheki Cele succumbs to pressure from Cape Forum and Gerrie Nel in Charl Kinnear investigation

Bheki Cele succumbs to pressure from Cape Forum and Gerrie Nel in Charl Kinnear investigation

The South African Police Service (SAPS) confirmed at a media conference held in Cape Town earlier today that progress has now finally been made in the internal investigation regarding the murder of Lt Col Charl Kinnear, and that the report and investigation have now been completed. Kinnear was murdered in cold blood more than three…

Bela Bill: Communities must be able to decide for themselves, demands Cape Forum

Bela Bill: Communities must be able to decide for themselves, demands Cape Forum

The civil rights organisation Cape Forum has today announced that, following the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Basic Education’s adoption of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (also known as the Bela Bill), it will now join forces with other organisations considering further action against the government. The organisation demands, among other things, that communities themselves…

CAPE FORUM MOURNS THE DEATH OF HISTORIAN PROF. HENRY “JATTI” BREDEKAMP

CAPE FORUM MOURNS THE DEATH OF HISTORIAN PROF. HENRY “JATTI” BREDEKAMP

The coloured community lost one of its most important historians today with the passing of Prof. Henry “Jatti” Bredekamp. Cape Forum honours him as someone who, through his work at the University of the Western Cape and Iziko museums, ensured that the history of the country’s indigenous people  gained prominence. He was especially an expert…

Abilities of Western Cape SAPS restricted through lack of proper equipment

Abilities of Western Cape SAPS restricted through lack of proper equipment

The civil rights organisation Cape Forum notes with concern the fact that the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Western Cape has already had to do without the necessary radio communication equipment for more than 13 years. The organisation is demanding answers from the state’s information technology agency (SITA) about the lack of infrastructure…

Cape Forum secures jobs for more than 500 000 minorities

Cape Forum secures jobs for more than 500 000 minorities

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…

Parliament asked to debate and stop new race law

Parliament asked to debate and stop new race law

The Cape Forum and Solidarity, together with community leaders today petitioned Parliament in Cape Town about the new race law and the recently published race regulations. Among other things, these groups request a special parliamentary debate on the matter and for Parliament to intervene and stop the law. According to the petition, the new law…

Coloured people must leave Western Cape agriculture
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Coloured people must leave Western Cape agriculture

Nationally, approximately one in four coloured employees will have to be replaced in order to meet the Minister of Labour’s sectoral targets which are indicated in the proposed employment regulations in terms of the new race law. This is one of the shocking facts from a report that Solidarity and the Cape Forum announced today…

Cape Forum approaches Constitutional Court over policing powers

Cape Forum approaches Constitutional Court over policing powers

Cape Forum submitted an application to the Constitutional Court on Friday 19 May, which aims to ensure that the residents of the Western Cape get more say in the management of the police service in the province. This must be done by way of a provincial referendum. As a civil rights organisation, Cape Forum believes…

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