Media Statements

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…

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…

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…

The civil rights organisation Cape Forum learned on 1 February that the ANC, specifically the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), had once again postponed the granting of fishing rights until October. When these rights are granted, they will be valid for 15 years. This announcement by the minister, Barbara Creecy, to postpone…

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….

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…

The civil rights organisation Cape Forum considers Professor Jonathan Jansen’s reference to white male students at the Stellenbosch University (SU) as “dogs” in a column he wrote for TimesLive to be uncalled for, inflammatory and insulting. Cape Forum lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission to investigate the matter and to act…

The civil rights organisation Cape Forum held a follow-up workshop on 11 November with a new network partner to discuss future collaborations in community safety. Safety equipment was also presented and a local but abandoned police station in Op-die-berg was visited. Cape Forum, the group, Educatio, and community leaders visited the abandoned police station at…

Cape Forum as a civil society organisation is set on our goal to get a court of law to give legal certainty on whether Premiers are constitutionally empowered to call provincial referendums. We regard this as an important step in the fight to ensure that policing powers are devolved from a national government – and…

Police minister Bheki Cele’s criticism against the Western Cape government’s call for policing powers to be devolved to the province confirms Cape Forum’s belief that a referendum should be called to allow the citizens of the province a say in the matter. Cape Forum is a newly formed civil society organisation with its main goal…