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Multi-stakeholder dialogue on the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill – 20 Nov 2018

SALO

6 Spin Street, Cape Town CBD (near Parliament)

On the 20th of November 2018, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) with direct support from the Norwegian Embassy in Pretoria, hosted a multi-stakeholder dialogue on the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. The event was aimed at promoting civil society engagement, as well as providing feedback. The workshop sought to provide a platform to allow for introspection on how different communities will be affected by the bill. Deputy Minister John Jeffery of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development was the keynote speaker and provided the legal overview, other speakers at the event were Professor Tim Murithi who is the head of the Justice and Peace Building Programme at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town; Funeka Soldaat is the founder of Khayelitsha-based lesbian advocacy group, Free Gender; and lastly Judith Mukuna, a Refugee rights activist originally from the DRC and working at the Scalabrini Center in Cape Town as a student mentor.

Click on the videos below to view SABC reports from our workshop:

PROGRAMME:

Chair:  Tawanda Sachikonye, SALO

Opening Remarks:  Marissa van Rensburg, SALO

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Deputy Minister John Jeffery, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

  • Funeka Soldaat: Founder of Khayelitsha-based lesbian advocacy group, Free Gender

  • Judith Mukuna: Refugee rights activist, Scalabrini Centre

  • Prof. Tim Murithi: Head, Peacebuilding Interventions, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

Concluding Remarks:

Bishop Rubin Phillip, Co-Chair: KwaZulu-Natal Social Cohesion and Moral Regeneration council; Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Natal; Former Dean of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa; Chair of the SALO board

SALO would like to thank the Royal Norwegian Embassy

for their direct support for this event