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…
The prominent Afrikaans media personality and socio-political commentator Heindrich Wyngaard and AfriForum has announced that they, together with other role players, had established a new Cape civil society organisation called the Cape Forum. Wyngaard will hold the position of executive chairperson of the Cape Forum full-time from 4 April. The Cape Forum will focus, among…
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