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…

Cape Forum takes legal steps against Maties

Cape Forum takes legal steps against Maties

The civil rights organisation Cape Forum on 10 March brought a formal application in terms of The Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) against Stellenbosch University (SU). The application is about alleged incidents where linguistic diversity was prohibited in formal and informal situations at this university. The PAIA application follows recent complaints as well…

Cape Forum welcomes sentence of Tazné van Wyk’s killer

Cape Forum welcomes sentence of Tazné van Wyk’s killer

The Cape Forum welcomes the nine life sentences with which the Cape Town High Court punished the murderer of Tazné van Wyk today. However, the punishment does not compensate for the fact that the killer was on parole at the time of his monstrous attack on the eight-year-old Tazné. The state must accept responsibility for…

COCA COLA CONDEMNED FOR ITS ‘DIS-CHEM’ DISCRIMINATION AGAINST COLOURED MATRICULANTS

COCA COLA CONDEMNED FOR ITS ‘DIS-CHEM’ DISCRIMINATION AGAINST COLOURED MATRICULANTS

Civil society organisation Cape Forum condemns the discriminatory criteria used by the Coca Cola Beverages SA company (CCBSA) in the allocation of bursaries for prospective students. In the advertisement for the company’s StudyBuddy bursary scheme, it is stated that all matriculants who are defined as “black” in terms of the BBBEEE policies qualifies to apply….

Cape Forum and Educatio sign recognition and cooperation agreement

Cape Forum and Educatio sign recognition and cooperation agreement

On January 18, the civil rights organisation Cape Forum signed a recognition and cooperation agreement to officially enter into cooperation between the Cape Forum and Educatio. “The empowerment of the youth and the mobilisation of teaching aids in the Witzenbergberg community is our highest priority. We, at the Cape Forum, are delighted by the passion…

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