STOP STATE REGULATION OF RELIGION
Equip yourself to engage the Section 22 Committee hearings with confidence. Stand up and speak out while there is still time.
Hearings have been scheduled in every province. Register now, prepare properly and ensure that your position is placed on record.
Church leaders: Watch this space
Why your attendance matters and how to participate with confidence.
Get the Roadshow Pack
One document gives you everything you need to prepare for a Section 22 hearing with confidence:
It includes: How to take part, a ready-to-use verbal submission, a quick-reference guide to challenge misleading claims, the supporting evidence, and the key questions the Committee must answer.
Take five minutes of a Sunday service to give you congregation a voice!
The Section 22 Committee is asking the public what it thinks about State regulation of religion. Play the two-minute video and/or the PowerPoint presentation, display the QR code on the screen, and encourage members to make submissions before they leave the building.
FOR SA explains what the Section 22 Committee is proposing, why it affects every church, and how members can respond. Watch it here first – then download it to play in your service.
Hand the Video and the PowerPoint to whoever runs your media desk.
The Announcement is for the Senior Pastor.
Strengthen your submission
Use these ready-made resources to oppose State regulation and support practical, constitutional alternatives.
A ready-to-adapt submission setting out the constitutional case, process concerns and practical alternatives.
Download Template
Six workable ways to protect the vulnerable, strengthen accountability and address abuse without new laws or State control.
Download Solutions
Freedom with responsibility
These faith-led documents define religious freedom and set voluntary standards for accountability, without State control. Consider adopting or adapting the Charter and Code in your organisation’s governing documents.
Defines religious freedom in practice, developed by diverse faith communities and endorsed by bodies representing over 20 million people.
A clause-by-clause guide to the Charter’s meaning, legal foundation and practical application.
Developed in 2019 through broad consultation by and for South Africa’s diverse faith communities, it sets voluntary standards for ethical conduct and accountability.
DownloadA shared pledge by religious leaders to uphold ethical standards, constitutional values and freedom from State control.
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Read it for yourself
The CRL Chair signed the mandate. The Committee produced the draft framework. See what the Section 22 process is designed to deliver.
Signed June 2025
Directs the Committee to recommend a legislative framework covering a religious council, registration of institutions and leaders, and a code of conduct.
December 2025
Proposes a Christian Practice Council, public register, certification, investigations and sanctions, including deregistration.
Videos
Watch these videos to gain an in-depth understanding of the issues at stake and the existing alternative solutions to State regulation of religion.
