18 May 2026
The CRL Rights Commission notes with serious concern the public statement issued by Rev. Professor
Musa Xulu, containing allegations against the Commission and its Chairperson relating to alleged
involvement of state security structures in matters concerning Christian organisations and religious
leaders.
The Commission categorically rejects any suggestion that it has participated in, authorised, encouraged
or collaborated in the profiling, surveillance or targeting of any religious organisation, church leader or
faith community on the basis of their religious beliefs, theological positions or opposition to any
Commission process.
These allegations are extremely serious, deeply regrettable, and entirely unsubstantiated.
The CRL Rights Commission is a Chapter 9 constitutional institution established to protect and promote
the rights of all cultural, religious and linguistic communities in South Africa. The Commission operates
strictly within the framework of the Constitution and the law. At no stage has the Commission adopted
any agenda aimed at suppressing Christianity, Pentecostal churches, charismatic churches or any other
religious grouping.
The Commission further rejects the reckless attempt to create the impression that lawful constitutional
processes undertaken by the CRL Rights Commission are linked to intelligence operations or national
security interventions. Such claims are speculative, inflammatory and risk causing unnecessary panic,
mistrust and division among religious communities and the broader South African public.
Download the full statement below.