Yiba nelizwi malunga nolawulo lwenkolo lukarhulumente

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IKhomishini yamaLungelo e-CRL iphinda inyanzelise ukuba iPalamente ipasise umthetho kwaye isebenzise inkqubo yokulawula unqulo lukaRhulumente kwaye ikhuphe "uMqulu weNkqubo yokuZilawula yeCandelo lamaKrestu".

Eli phulo, elikhokelwa yiKomiti yeXesha eliNgxamisekileyo yeCandelo lama-22 le-CRL, livezwa njengomzamo wokuzithandela weCawa wokukhuthaza ukungafihlisi, ubunkokeli obufanelekileyo, kunye nokukhuselwa kwamabandla abuthathaka ekuxhatshazweni nasekuxhatshazweni.

Nangona i-CRL isithi oku akubhekiselele kulawulo lukaRhulumente, imibutho efana ne-Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) iphakamise isilumkiso esinzulu. Bathi olu cwangciso lusebenza “njengesigqubuthelo” se-ajenda yomthetho eya kuthi ekugqibeleni iphumele kuMthetho wePalamente kunye nebhunga elisemthethweni elinamandla okususa ubhaliso lweenkokheli zonqulo kunye namaziko.
cofa ikhonkco ngolwazi oluthe kratya, okanye skrolela ezantsi ukuze ube nelizwi lakho

Jonga ulwazi, iingxelo, amaxwebhu kunye neevidiyo

Michael Swain from Freedom Of Religion SA (FOR SA) explains the issue.

Yiba nelizwi lakho - bumba imigaqo.
Jonga izimvo zabanye abathathi-nxaxheba phambi kokuba ube nelizwi

Ngaba uyayixhasa iDrafti yeSikhokelo sokuziLawula seCandelo lamaKristu njengoko iboniswe yiKhomishini yaMalungelo e-CRL?

Yintoni ingxaki yakho? (skrola ezantsi ukuze ufumane ingcaciso yento nganye)

Njengoko ukhethe "zonke ezi zinto zingasentla", ukuba bekufuneka ukhethe into enye, ibiya kuba yintoni?

Would you like to use FOR SA's objection?

Constitutional foundation Religious freedom in South Africa is protected by sections 15, 18, and 31 of the Constitution, and given content by the Religious Freedom Charter, to which the CRL is itself a signatory. Religious freedom is a right, not a privilege the State may grant, suspend, or withdraw. Religious organisations must comply with laws of general application, such as tax, criminal law, child safeguarding, labour, and NPO law, but no State body has spiritual jurisdiction over doctrine, ordination, calling, worship, leadership, or internal religious governance, directly or indirectly. Objection to State regulation of religion I/we oppose any controlling or compulsory regulation of religion beyond general law, including any statutory or State-enabled regulatory council; mandatory registration of churches, ministries, or leaders; State-imposed codes of conduct; licensing, accreditation, vetting, or approval of religious actors; any “seal of good standing”; forced participation in umbrella bodies or peer review structures; and any register capable of indirect control. The proposal in the “Final Draft Christian Sector Self-Regulatory Framework in RSA” is: • Unconstitutional, failing the section 36 limitations test; • Unnecessary, given that existing law already addresses every category of harm raised; • Unworkable, given the operational impossibility of registering, monitoring, and maintaining current records on every religious organisation and practitioner, together with the staffing, database infrastructure, and compliance systems that such scale would demand; and • Unaffordable, with the resulting reported costs running into hundreds of millions, ultimately borne by taxpayers, churches, and practitioners themselves. Section 22 of the Constitution protects trade and occupation; it does not authorise the licensing of religion, still less the State’s regulation of religious doctrine as though it were a profession governed by settled, peer-reviewed expertise. Religious doctrine is a matter of faith and conviction, not a scientific body of knowledge to be standardised by the State. Foreign religious workers Concerns about foreign nationals founding or leading churches are properly addressed through immigration law, not through a religious regulatory framework. The Department of Home Affairs already has, and may strengthen, the mechanisms to assess foreign religious workers at the visa stage, as is common in other democracies. By contrast, nationality-based requirements imposed through religious regulation risk moving beyond legitimate immigration oversight into the regulation of religion itself. The appropriate solution is to review the existing immigration laws and processes and to ensure they are applied efficiently, fairly and effectively. Existing law is sufficient Abuse, exploitation, gender-based violence and criminal conduct in religious settings must be confronted clearly and decisively. No constitutional right protects criminality. No religious leader is above the law. No faith community should ever become a hiding place for abuse. Assault, fraud, sexual offences, child harm, financial misconduct, and exploitation are already addressable under criminal law, the Children’s Act, NPO and tax law, labour law, and ordinary criminal and/or civil remedies. The solution is proper, effective law enforcement, reporting, and coordination. Process concerns The lawfulness of the Section 22 Committee is currently under challenge in the High Court in two cases filed by the South African Church Defenders (SACD) and the South African Muslim Lawyers Association (SAMLA). The COGTA Portfolio Committee should not consider any report from this process until the courts have ruled. The framing of this consultation as exploring “voluntary self-regulation” is contradicted by the Section 22 Committee’s Terms of Reference, which expressly call for a “legislative framework”. The CRL Chair’s own public statements propose a council that would be “created and empowered by an Act of Parliament”, that State authority should extend beyond illegality into the regulation of ethics, with a Council empowered to decide “where your right to religious freedom begins and ends”. That is a serious constitutional claim, incompatible with the Constitution’s limits on State interference in belief and conscience. Alternative solutions to State regulation I/we support: • Voluntary ministers’ networks and fraternals providing relationship-based accountability; • The existing faith sector-led Code of Conduct for Religions, kept voluntarily and not converted into State rules. • Effective investigation, referral, and enforcement under existing law, including better use of the CRL’s section 5 powers; • Voluntary governance, compliance, and safeguarding training; • Robust child and vulnerable-person protection using existing safeguarding instruments and registers; • If any register is used at all, it must be strictly voluntary, non-intrusive, and never tied to permission to minister. Wider civil society implications The regulatory architecture proposed here is not confined to religion. Once the State creates a statutory framework to license one fundamental right, that legal template becomes available for application to other voluntary associations: the press, NGOs, professional bodies, and community organisations. The shift from freedoms protected by default to freedoms approved by the State has implications well beyond the religious sector. Conclusion I/we reject any proposal that would result in the regulation, licensing, approval, or control of religion by the State, directly or indirectly. I/we call on Parliament and all relevant institutions to reject any legislative agenda and to support constitutionally compliant alternatives. I/we note that the CRL is itself a signatory to this Charter and should therefore abide by its provisions. I/we make this submission because the question whether religion will remain a protected constitutional freedom or become a conditional right subject to State approval and control is a matter of deep public importance, including to religious freedom, constitutional democracy, and human rights culture. Participation under protest and without prejudice My/our engagement is grounded in the South African Charter of Religious Rights and Freedoms (the Religious Freedom Charter), which gives important content to the constitutional protection of religious freedom in South Africa. I/we support the continued use of the Charter (read with its “explanatory notes”), its accompanying Code of Conduct for Religions in South Africa (the Code of Conduct for Religions), and other voluntary sector-led instruments as the primary framework for addressing religious freedom, responsibility, and accountability in this country. This submission is made under protest and without prejudice. My/our participation is not an acceptance of the lawfulness or legitimacy of the Section 22 Committee, its mandate, composition, or processes; it is not an endorsement of any regulatory outcome; and it is not an acceptance that the State may regulate religion beyond the laws of general application using the least restrictive means. All rights are expressly reserved.

le mimandla ingezantsi unokukhetha kuyo ———————————

Leliphi ijelo olikhethayo xa ufuna impendulo kweli phulo?

Ulwimi olukhethayo?

Sithini isimo sakho? (ngeenjongo zethu zokunika ingxelo kuphela)

Jonga idilesi ye-imeyile emva koko ucofe ukuthumela! Uya kuthunyelwa kwiphepha lokuqinisekisa.

Iinkxalabo eziphezulu

Ukwaphulwa koMgaqo-siseko kunye namalungelo anemiqathango

Amalungelo oMgaqo-siseko ayizizo izibonelelo zikaRhulumente

- Ungquzulwano:
  Inkululeko yonqulo kunye nobudlelwane ngamalungelo asisiseko omgaqo-siseko, hayi amalungelo anikwe ilayisenisi karhulumente. Awanakwenziwa ngokusemthethweni ukuba axhomekeke ekuvunyweni nguRhulumente.
- Ukufikelela ngaphaya komlinganiselo:
  Isakhelo esicetywayo siya kwenza la malungelo abe nemiqathango kwisakhiwo esivunyiweyo nguRhulumente, ngokusebenzisa izixhobo ezifana "neSitywino sokuma okuhle", ubhaliso oluyimfuneko, ilayisenisi, okanye imibutho evunyiweyo yokuhlolwa kontanga.
- Ukwaphulwa kweCandelo:
  Esi siphakamiso siphula iCandelo 15 (inkululeko yonqulo nesazela), iCandelo 18 (inkululeko yokuzibandakanya, kuquka nenkululeko yokunganyanzeliswa kwiqumrhu elivunyiweyo nguRhulumente), kunye neCandelo 31 (ilungelo leengingqi zonqulo lokugcina amaziko azo) loMgaqo-siseko.
- Uvavanyo lokuLinganisela:
  Phantsi kweCandelo 36, naluphi na uthintelo kufuneka lube lolufanelekileyo, lube nobulungisa, kwaye lube lolona luthintelo luncinci olufumanekayo. Imithetho ekhoyo yokusebenza ngokubanzi sele ijongene nayo yonke ingozi ekhankanyiweyo yi-CRL, ngoko ke esi siphakamiso siyasilela kolo vavanyo kwaye siyinto engahambelaniyo nomgaqo-siseko.

Ukuphindaphindwa kweMithetho ekhoyo

Umthetho Okhoyo Sele Wanele

- Ukhuseleko Olwaneleyo:
  UMzantsi Afrika sele unesakhelo esibanzi somthetho esinokukwazi ukujongana nayo yonke intlobo yomonakalo ekhankanyiweyo yi-CRL, kwiindawo zonqulo nakweminye imimandla.
- Imithetho Esebenzayo:
  Umthetho wolwaphulo-mthetho (ukuhlasela, ubuqhetseba, ubusela, ukoyikisa, ukunyanzelisa, izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ngokwesondo), uMthetho waBantwana, ubundlobongela basekhaya kunye nokukhuselwa kwabantu abasengozini, umthetho we-NPO kunye nerhafu, umthetho wezabasebenzi, ukhuseleko lwabathengi, kunye nezisombululo eziqhelekileyo zoluntu sele zibonelela ngokhuseleko oluqinileyo noluhambelanayo.
- Ingxaki Yokwenene:
  Ingxaki ayikokungabikho komthetho, kodwa bubuthathaka ekunyanzeliseni umthetho, ekunikeni ingxelo, ekuququzeleleni nasekuqondeni uluntu ngezisombululo esele zikho.
- Ukungasebenzi:
  Inkqubo entsha yokulawula iphinda-phinda izikhokelo ezikhoyo kwaye iphambukisa izixhobo ekusetyenzisweni okusebenzayo kwemithetho esele isezincwadini. Isisombululo esifanelekileyo kukusetyenziswa komthetho, kungekhona ukuguqula inkululeko yomgaqo-siseko ibe ngumsebenzi onelayisenisi.

Ukungenelela kukaRhulumente kwiMithetho yoBuchule kunye neeNkolelo

Imfundiso Ayilolizwe Elifanele Ligqibe Ngesigqibo

- Okungekho mthethweni vs. Okungekho mthethweni:
  URhulumente unoxanduva olusemthethweni lokutshutshisa ukuziphatha okungekho mthethweni. Akanalo igunya phezu kwento "engekho mthethweni" kuluntu olunqulayo. USihlalo we-CRL uthe esidlangalaleni ukuba ibhunga elicetywayo liza kwandisa igunya likaRhulumente ngaphaya kokungekho mthethweni liye kwimigaqo yokuziphatha. Oko akuhambelani noMgaqo-siseko.
- Ukuthobela:
  “Iindlela zokuziphatha” kumxholo wonqulo azikhethi cala. Zibotshelelwe ngokungenakuhlukaniswa kwiimfundiso ezithile, amasiko, kunye nesazela. Akukho mgangatho kaRhulumente ongathathi cala wento ebalwa njengenkolelo eyamkelekileyo, ubulungiseleli, okanye uqeqesho lonqulo.
- Ungenelelo:
  Xa uRhulumente ebanga igunya lokulawula imigaqo yokuziphatha yonqulo, uqala, ngokuthe ngqo okanye ngokungathanga ngqo, ukumisela ukuba zeziphi iinkolelo kunye nezenzo "ezamkelekileyo". Oku kukungenelela ngokuthe ngqo kwisazela sabucala kunye nemfundiso. Iinkundla zaseMzantsi Afrika sele ziyiqonda ingozi yokubandakanyeka koRhulumente kwiingxabano zemfundiso, kwaye imbali ibonisa ukuba uRhulumente unyanzelisa isithethe sesithethe kukhokelela ekukhutshelweni ngaphandle, ekucinezelweni, nasekuxhatshazweni.

Ukungakwazi Ukwenziwa Komgangatho

Kutheni Ukulungiswa Kwemigangatho Kungasebenzi

- Ukwahlukahluka Kokholo:
  Inkolo yahlukile, isasazwe kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo, kwaye iphikisana ngokweemfundiso. Ubunkokeli buqatshelwa ngobizo, ubizo, imfundiso, ukumiselwa, okanye ukuqatshelwa koluntu, kungekhona ngemodeli yobungcali echazwe nguRhulumente. Icandelo lama-22 loMgaqo-siseko likhusela ilungelo lokukhetha urhwebo okanye umsebenzi; aligunyazisi ukunikezelwa kwelayisenisi yenkolo. Ingcinga yokuba unqulo lunokulawulwa njengomthetho, amayeza, okanye ukubalwa kwemali inesiphene esisisiseko.
- Imibuzo Engenakusombululwa:
  Akukho qumrhu liphakathi elinokuphendula imibuzo efunekayo kulawulo lolawulo. Ngowuphi umgaqo-siseko oza kuba ngumgaqo-siseko? Ngubani ofaneleka njengo "mqeqeshi wenkolo": abefundisi, abadala, iinkokeli zonqulo, abacebisi, ootitshala besikolo seCawa, abavolontiya benkonzo, iinkokeli zamaqela amancinci, kwaye ngawaphi amanqanaba? Iinkolelo ezingqubanayo zigwetywa njani? Akukho mgaqo-siseko kaRhulumente ongathathi cala ofumanekayo kuyo nayiphi na kwezi.
- Ukunyanzeliswa Okukhethiweyo:
  Enyanisweni, inkqubo engasebenziyo inyanzeliswa ngokukhetha. Isiphumo kukuba nokukhetha, ukungalingani, kunye neengxabano eziqhubekayo, ngelixa uxanduva lokwenene lungekho ngcono kunaphantsi komthetho okhoyo.

Umzekelo Oyingozi Kuyo Yonke Imibutho Yoluntu (I-Wildcard)

Inxaxheba yoMbutho woLuntu kule ngxoxo

- Ngaphaya Kwenkolo:
  Lo asingombandela wecandelo lamaKristu kuphela. Imigaqo yomgaqo-siseko esengozini (inkululeko yokudibana, inkululeko yesazela, kunye nokukhuselwa ekuphazamisekeni kukaRhulumente kwiindawo zoluntu ngokuzithandela) iyasebenza kuyo yonke imibutho yabucala eMzantsi Afrika.
- Owandulelayo:
  Ukuba uRhulumente udala ibhunga elisemthethweni lokunika ilayisenisi yelungelo elisisiseko njengenkululeko yonqulo, ubeka itemplate esemthethweni engasetyenziswa nakweyiphi na enye intlangano: abezindaba, ii-NGO, imibutho yobungcali, imibutho yoluntu, amaqela okukhuthaza, okanye imibutho yabasebenzi. Isizathu esithethelelayo kwicandelo elinye siyafumaneka ukuba sisetyenziswe nxamnye nelinye.
- Ulawulo lweLizwe:
  Utshintsho olunzulu lusekelwe kumgaqo-siseko. Lususa uMzantsi Afrika kwimodeli apho inkululeko ikhuselwe ngokungagqibekanga ukuya kuleyo apho inkululeko “ivunyiweyo” kwaye “ilawulwa” nguRhulumente. Wonke ummi unelungelo lokulwa nolo tshintsho.

Imiqathango kuLawulo nakubemi bamanye amazwe

Ukufudukela Kwelinye Ilizwe, Hayi Umthetho Wezonqulo

- Ukuphazamiseka Kwangaphakathi:
  Esi sikhokelo sichaza ulawulo lwangaphakathi, kuquka nendlela iinkokheli ezimiselwa ngayo, eziqatshelwa ngayo, okanye ezisuswa ngayo. Icandelo 31 likhusela ilungelo leenkolo zoluntu lokugcina amaziko azo, kwaye Icandelo 18 likhusela ilungelo lokunganyanzeliswa kwizakhiwo zolawulo ezivunyiweyo nguRhulumente.
- IiMfuno zobuzwe:
  Umyalelo wokuba iicawa ezisekwe ngabantu bamanye amazwe zinoninzi lwaseMzantsi Afrika kulwakhiwo lwazo lolawulo lwasekhaya ujongana neenkxalabo ezifanelekileyo kwinqanaba lokufuduka, kungekhona kwimithetho yonqulo. ISebe leMicimbi yaseKhaya sele linazo, kwaye lingaziphucula, izixhobo zokuhlola abasebenzi benkolo bamanye amazwe kwinqanaba le-visa. Umzekelo, eMelika, ii-visa zabasebenzi benkolo zifuna ubungqina bokumiselwa kunye neeleta zokubhekisa ezivela kumbutho wonqulo owaziwayo. Oku kubeka umbuzo wokuba kufuneka ziphi: phantsi komthetho oqhelekileyo wokufuduka, kungekhona phantsi kolawulo lonqulo.
- Ukuzimela:
  Xa uRhulumente emisela imithetho yokuba ngubani onokukhokela kuluntu olunqulayo, uye wadlula ekuhlolweni okusemthethweni kokufuduka kunye nokuthotyelwa komthetho waya ekulawulweni konqulo ngokwalo. Uluntu olunqulayo kufuneka luhlale lukhululekile ukuzikhethela ubunkokeli balo bangaphakathi ngokweemfundiso kunye namasiko alo.

Iimbono: Ithini ingxoxo?

Isiphakamiso sokulawula icandelo lenkolo sibangele ingxoxo enkulu yesizwe. Apha ngezantsi kukho iingxoxo eziphambili ezivela kwiKomiti yeXesha eliNgxamisekileyo yeCandelo lama-22 kunye namaqela oluntu aphikisayo afana neFreedom of Religion SA (FOR SA).

Iingxoxo Ezixhasa Isakhelo

- Ukumisela Uxanduva Olusemgangathweni:
  Abaxhasi bathi olu cwangciso lubalulekile ekusekeni imigangatho ecacileyo yolawulo lwangaphakathi, ukungafihlisi kwezemali, kunye nobunkokeli obufanelekileyo kwimibutho yonqulo ukuze kubuyiselwe ukuthembana koluntu.
- Ukukhusela Abasesichengeni:
  Eli phulo lijolise ekukhuseleni uluntu oluhlwempuzekileyo, kuquka amahlwempu kunye nabo bakhubazekileyo, ekuxhatshazweni nakwizenzo eziyingozi "zokuphilisa".
- Uhlaziyo olukhokelwa yiCandelo:
  IKomiti ichaza le nkqubo njengenyathelo lokuzithandela nelisebenzayo “leCawa, ngenxa yeCawa,” elivumela eli candelo ukuba lizilawule endaweni yokujongana nokungenelela ngokuthe ngqo kuRhulumente.
- Ukujongwa okuzimeleyo:
  Abaxhasi bagxininisa ukuba iBhunga leMicimbi yobuKrestu elicetywayo leMicimbi yoBulungisa kunye nokuThatha uXanduva (i-CPCEA) liza kuba liqumrhu elizimeleyo leenkokheli zonqulo ezihloniphekileyo kunye neengcali, kungekhona isebe likarhulumente.
- Oko Kuthethwa YiMigqaliselo Yesicelo:
  Nangona le nkqubo yenziwe ngokuzithandela kwaye ikhokelwa ngamacandelo, iMigqaliselo yeKomiti yeCandelo lama-22 iyalela ngokucacileyo "isakhelo somthetho". Ngokwenkcazo, oku kufuna uMthetho wePalamente kwaye kuya kuseka iqumrhu elisemthethweni elinegunya elisemthethweni. Akukho sicwangciso "sokuzithandela" okanye "esilawulayo" esinokutshintsha oko kufunwa yiMigqaliselo.

Iingxoxo Ezichasene Nesakhelo

- "Isigqubuthelo" soMthetho:
  Nangona ingcebiso iboniswa njengokuzithandela, isiphelo esicetywayo sisigqeba esisemthethweni esenziwe nguMthetho wePalamente, esinegunya elisemthethweni eliya kubandakanya igunya lokurhoxisa ubhaliso lwamaziko kunye nokuqinisekisa okanye ukurhoxisa ukuqatshelwa kweenkokheli zonqulo. Ukubekwa kwenkqubo ngokuzithandela akutshintshi indlela elawula ngayo into ecetywayo.
- Iingxaki Ezine Eziphambili:
  Abachasi bathi esi siphakamiso asihambelani nomgaqo-siseko (siphula icandelo 15, 18, kunye nelama-31 loMgaqo-siseko kwaye asiphumeleli uvavanyo lwemiqathango yecandelo 36), asiyomfuneko (imithetho ekhoyo sele ijongene nayo yonke intlobo yomonakalo ekhankanyiweyo yi-CRL), ayisebenzi (unqulo luhlukile kwaye luphikisana ngokweemfundiso, alunamgangatho ongathathi cala kaRhulumente), kwaye alufikeleleki (iindleko ezixeliweyo zifikelela kumakhulu ezigidi).
- Ulawulo "lweMithetho yokuziphatha":
  USihlalo we-CRL uthe esidlangalaleni ukuba igunya likaRhulumente kufuneka lidlulele ngaphaya kokwaphulwa komthetho liye kulawula "imigaqo yokuziphatha". Oku akuhambelani noMgaqo-siseko, kuba kushukumisa uRhulumente ekutshutshiseni izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ukuya ekumiseleni imiba yeenkolelo, imfundiso, kunye nesazela sabucala.
- Umzekelo kuLuntu Lonke:
  Ibhunga elinikwe amandla nguRhulumente ukunika ilayisenisi yelungelo elinye elisisiseko libeka itemplate esemthethweni enokuthi kamva isetyenziswe kweminye imibutho yokuzithandela, kuquka abezindaba, ii-NGO, imibutho yobungcali, kunye nemibutho yoluntu. Utshintsho lomgaqo-siseko ukusuka kwinkululeko ekhuselweyo ngokungagqibekanga ukuya kwinkululeko evunyiweyo nguRhulumente lunempembelelo engaphezulu kakhulu kunenkolo.

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