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.
Equip your community to take part
Use these ready-made tools to explain what is at stake and help your church, organisation or network participate with confidence.
A ready-to-use, fully editable slide presentation with clear speaking notes for every slide.
Download PresentationDownload ScriptA two-minute video pastors can play during a Sunday service or church meeting to encourage members to make their submissions on-line.
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.
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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.
