Advocacy against witch-hunts, Press Releases 2016, Remember their Names, Witchcraft Suppression Act

SAPRA submission: National Action Plan 2016

SAPRA Submission on the National Action Plan to combat Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance Submitted to Ms. Danaline Franzman, Chief Director: Social Justice and Participatory Democracy, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on 30 August 2016. The South African Pagan
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Advocacy against witch-hunts, Press Releases 2016, Remember their Names, Witchcraft Suppression Act

SALRC finds Witchcraft Suppression Act unconstitutional

The new Issue Paper released by the South African Law Reform Commission has confirmed the following:a) the Witchcraft Suppression Act’s prohibition of identifying as a witch and professing knowledge of witchcraft is unconstitutional, and b) the Act’s prohibition of engaging in divination’s
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Press Releases 2016, Witchcraft Suppression Act

Update: Review of Witchcraft Suppression Act

SAPRA has received an update from the South African Law Reform Commission, on the review of the Witchcraft Suppression Act.   See: http://www.justice.gov.za/salrc/media/20160119-prj135-dp139-WitchcraftSuppression.pdf   All stakeholders (existing or new) are invited to submit comment on the new draft PROHIBITION OF HARMFUL PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS
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