CRL commission proposal violates fundamental human rights

THE recent proposal by the CRL Rights Commission to require the registration of churches and the licensing of pastors under State oversight is a direct threat to religious freedom in South Africa.

- SINIKO NXESI | SA Church Defenders, Cape Town

Our Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, religion, belief, and association.

Churches do not exist by the permission of the government; they exist by the command of Christ.

To force churches and pastors into a State-controlled registration system places Caesar in the pulpit and risks the erosion of one of our most fundamental liberties.