The Ministry for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) in partnership with the Commission for Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) will today inaugurate the new members of the CRL Rights Commission. These were appointments made by President Jacob Zuma in terms of section 11(4) read with 13(1) of the CRL Rights Commission Act 19 of 2002 with effect from 1 March 2014, for a period of five years.
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) is an independent chapter nine institution in South Africa, established in terms of section 181 (1) ( C) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa to strengthen constitutional democracy.
The CRL Rights Commission is mandated "to promote respect for and further the protection of the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities; promote and develop peace, friendship, humanity, tolerance, national unity among and within cultural, religious and linguistic communities on the basis of equality, non-discrimination and free association; to promote the right of communities to develop their historically diminished heritage and to recognise community councils.
The vision of the CRL Rights Commission is "a united South African nation that protects and promotes the cultural, religious and linguistic rights of all its diverse communities". Its mission is to "promote and protect the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities
Date: 2 April 2014
Venue: Constitutional Court - (Constitution Hill, Johannesburg)
Time: 13h00
The inauguration ceremony will be presided on by Justice Edwin Cameron at the Constitutional Court - Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg.
The CRL Rights Commission, is a Constitutional Institution established in terms of Section 181(1) (c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa to strengthen constitutional democracy.
The 12 new members of the CRL Rights Commission are:
Ms Thoko Nonhle Mkhwanazi (Chairperson), Prof Luka David Mosoma (Deputy Chairperson), Dr Anton Wynard Knoetze, Mr Renier Stephanus Schoeman, Mr Sicelo Emmanuel Dlamini, Mr Raymond Trollip, Mr Richard Daryll Botha, Ms Violet Nomalanga Tyamzashe, Ms Bernedette Muthien, Ms Pumla Primrose Madiba, Ms Helen Julia Mabale, and Ms Sheila Fihliwe Khama.
Enquiries:
Tsakani Baloyi (CoGTA)
Cell: 082 052 0892
Tirhani Mabasa (CRL)
Cell: 083 659 4974
