MEDIA INVITE TO THE NATIONAL CUSTOMARY INITIATION INDABA HOSTED BY THE CRL RIGHTS COMMISSION ON 24- 26 APRIL 2023 AT BIRCHWOOD HOTEL, EKURHULENI, GAUTENG

23 April 2023 The CRL Rights Commission invites members of the media to the National Customary Initiation Indaba on 24 -26 April 2023 which aims to address the high rates of deaths and other challenges at initiation schools.Over the last few years, this ancient rite...

MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CRL RIGHTS COMMISSION IN REGARD TO THE SLAUGHTERING OF ANIMALS AS A CULTURAL OR RELIGIOUS PRACTICE

09 SEPTEMBER 2023 The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (hereinafter referred to as ‘the CRL Rights Commission’) is a constitutional institution established to strengthen constitutional...

THE CRL RIGHTS COMMISSION WELCOMES THE RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AS THE COUNTRY’S 12th OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

20 JULY 2023 The Commission for the promotion and protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious, and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) welcomes the recognition of the South African Sign Language as the country’s 12th official language. The President,...

URGENT MEDIA INVITE TO THE LAUNCH OF THE CRL RIGHTS REPORT IN RESPECT OF THE INJURIES SUFFERED BY ABOUT 292 YOUNG MEN AT AN INITIATION SCHOOL IN PHALARORWA

13 JULY 2023 Members of the Media are invited to a presentation of a report by the CRL Rights Commission in respect of the injuries and other challenges that impacted the lives of young men at an initiation school in Pharaborwa. During the month of June 2022, when the...

MEDIA INVITATION TO ATTEND A PRESENTATION OF THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT BY THE CRL RIGHTS COMMISSION IN RELATION TO KWASIZABANTU CHRISTIAN MISSION

11 JULY 2023 The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (hereinafter referred to as ‘the CRL Rights Commission’) is a constitutional institution established to strengthen constitutional democracy...

MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CRL RIGHTS COMMISSION APPLAUDING THE WORK OF THE SAPS FOR CLOSING DOWN ILLEGAL INITIATION SCHOOL IN KUTUPU VILLAGE LIMPOPO

05 JULY 2023 The CRL Rights Commission has learnt with dismay about an illegal initiation school in Sekhukhune District Municipality which was reportedly discovered on 25 June 2023 and that it allegedly was not even registered with the Department ofCooperative...

MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CRL RIGHTS COMMISSION IN RESPECT OF THE TRAGEDY AT JUSKEI RIVER WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF ABOUT 14 MEMBERS OF MASOWE CHURCH.

6 DECEMBER 2022 The CRL Rights Commission expresses its deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of about fourteen deceased members of Masowe church who were swept away by the floods at Juskei river on Saturday during their baptism ritual. The Commission whose...

MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CRL RIGHTS COMMISSION CONDEMNING THE ATTACK ON THE SEVEN DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH BY THUGS IN CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG

29 NOVEMBER 2022 The CRL Rights Commission has learned with outrage about the attack on Saturday by six armed robbers who stormed into the Seven Day Adventist Church in central Johannesburg and allegedly took away phones, cash, and offering. The CRL Rights Commission...

CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE ON THE ELECTION OF THE NEWLY RECONSTITUTED NATIONAL HOUSE OF TRADITIONAL AND KHOI-SAN LEADERS

01 NOVEMBER 2022 The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities welcomes the reconstituted National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders which was done in line with the reconstitution of all...

MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CRL RIGHTS COMMISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE HINDU FESTIVAL OF DIWALI

24 OCTOBER 2022 Diwali is the festival of lights which marks the time when millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world celebrate the triumph of good over evil with beautiful rituals such as festive lights, fireworks, sweet delicacies, and family gatherings...