The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (hereinafter the 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.
As part of nationwide consultations with cultural, religious and linguistic communities which will culminate in the hosting of the National Consultative Conference (NCC), the Commission is hosting provincial consultative conferences in Durban KwaZulu-Natal Province. This is a platform where the country will be in conversations with its Community Councils with regard to the realisation of the protection and promotion of the rights of cultural, religious and language.
Details of the preparatory engagement will be held as follows:
Date: 13 September 2012
Venue: Protea Hotel, King Edward, Durban Central (149 Marine Parade Str)
Time: 10h00 to 16h00
Some of the objectives of this provincial engagement include:
- Identification and deliberation on challenges hindering social cohesion and nation building in South Africa;
- Receiving written submissions and verbal inputs on the state of affairs relating to cultural, religious and linguistic rights in South Africa;
- Facilitate discussions and open dialogue on cultural, religious and language issues, programmes and projects amongst and between CRL Rights Commission’s Community Councils that will presented during the National Consultative Conference (NCC) in 2013 and
- Mobilising community-based structures and other relevant stakeholders to participate in forums, advocacy programmes and other initiatives in preparation for the NCC in February 2013 under the theme “The state of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights in South Africa: Twenty years into Democracy.”
For media interviews contact:
Adv Sipho Mantula, Communications and Marketing Officer
Tel: 011 537 7628
Cell: 083 233 1538
E-mail: sipho@crlcommission.org.za
