Cape Forum calls on coloured communities to not view the impending signing of the draconian Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA) as a matter that will only affect former model C schools. This is a fight for every school and every household in South Africa and specifically the Afrikaans-speaking communities. With the announcement by President…
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…
The civil rights organisation Cape Forum says it will be an absolute shame and a dishonour to the country’s legal system if John Hlophe, impeached Judge President of the Western Cape, is appointed to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Heindrich Wyngaard, Executive Chairperson of Cape Forum, says it was bad enough that Hlophe was just…
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…
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