# summary - Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/albany-wind-farm/summary/ - Published: 2024-02-08T16:20:18+02:00 - Author: dearSA _Advert_ _Advert – scroll down_ [ Have your say on the proposed Albany Wind Farm](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/albany-wind-farm/) ### STATEMENTS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS Click on a logo to view. Want to display your organisation’s statement? [Click here. ](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/albany-wind-farm/summary/ albany@dearsouthafrica.co.za?subject=org info for Albany Wind Farm info page) Close ### Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) TEMPLATE PROVIDED BY FOR SA ### I strongly oppose the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill [B9B – 2018], which I believe to be unconstitutional and unnecessary, for the following reasons: 1. The Bill violates our constitutional rights as religious persons to express our religious beliefs without fear of punishment or persecution (section 15, read with section 16). Increasingly, around the world but also in South Africa, various holy scriptures (particularly on contentious issues) are regarded as “politically incorrect” or “offensive”, allegedly causing emotional and/or social harm. 2. I specifically oppose the Bill’s: 3. a. wide definition of “harm” (in Clause 1); b. the failure to define “hatred” (in Clause 1); and c. definition of, and creation of, the crime of “hate speech” (in Clause 4). 4. The creation of the crime of “hate speech” for saying / distributing something which could possibly be construed as “harmful”, will have certain unintended consequences, namely the criminalisation of good / well-meaning people who will be prosecuted for saying what they sincerely believe (according to their holy texts) and sent to jail. 5. There are already sufficient existing laws dealing with “hate speech”. 6. For all of the reasons given, I ask: 7. a. For the scrapping of the “hate speech” sections from the Bill altogether; b. Alternatively, should the “hate speech” provisions remain part of the Bill, we ask: c. a. That “harm” be defined as: “gross emotional and psychological detriment that objectively and severely undermines the human dignity of the targeted group”; and b. That “hatred” be defined as: “strong and deeply-felt emotions of enmity, ill- will, detestation, malevolence and vilification against members of an identifiable group, that implies that members of that group are to be despised, scorned, denied respect and subjected to ill-treatment based on their group affiliation”. d. That Clause 4(2)(d) (the “religious exemption clause”) be strengthened as follows to protect: _“expression of any religious conviction, tenet, belief, teaching, doctrine or writings, by a religious organisation or an individual, in public or in private, to the extent that such expression does not actively support, instigate, exhort, or call for extreme detestation, vilification, enmity, ill-will and malevolence that constitutes incitement to cause gross emotional and psychological harm that severely undermines the dignity of the targeted group, based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation”._ ### In the Media * PETITION — [STOP THE WIND FARMS NEXT TO ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK](https://www.change.org/p/minister-barbaracreecy-stop-the-wind-farms-next-to-addo-national-elephant-park-the-noise-emissions-will-agitate-the-elephants-and-cause-aggression-harm-renewable-energy-is-possible-without-harm-to-wildlife) * The Africa Report — [South Africa: Engie and EDF nailed for ecocide](https://www.theafricareport.com/285250/south-africa-engie-and-edf-nailed-for-ecocide/) * SABC News — [Vultures relocated from North West to Eastern Cape](https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/913690-2/) * Power Technology — [Albany Wind Energy Facility – Grahamstown, South Africa](https://www.power-technology.com/marketdata/albany-wind-energy-facility-grahamstown-south-africa/?cf-view) * Stop TT — [Permanent Legacy: Wind Industry Plans to Abandon Millions of 500 Tonne Concrete Wind Turbine Bases](https://stopthesethings.com/2021/10/13/permanent-legacy-wind-industry-plans-to-abandon-millions-of-500-tonne-concrete-wind-turbine-bases/) Summary document ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/13152443/Protect-Makhandas-the-Eastern-Capes-Future-updated-13-Feb-24.pdf) [Download [1.00 MB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/13152443/Protect-Makhandas-the-Eastern-Capes-Future-updated-13-Feb-24.pdf) Encourage participation with this poster/flyer ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/12185540/QR-Poster-Final.pdf) [Download [232.71 KB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/12185540/QR-Poster-Final.pdf) Photographer Steven Nowakowski has documented the construction of wind farms which uncover the clearing and degradation of land caused by renewable energy projects. One of these projects includes the Kaban windfarm in west of Cairns, consisting of 28 large turbines, spread across 1,300 hectares. A short video showing the impact of windfarms to the Addo Elephant National Park and Eastern Cape ![Sunday Times article](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/ 02/11165838/Sunday-Times.jpeg "Sunday Times") ![Albany turbine locations](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/02/12184640/Albany-turbine-locations-.jpg "Albany turbine locations") DEVELOPER DOCUMENTS - [Final Environmental Management Programme](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/Albany%20WEF%20Appendix%204%20EMPr_January%202024_For%20PPP.pdf) - [E1. Agricultural Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E1%20Agricultural%20Ground%20Truthing%20Report.pdf) - [E2. Aquatic Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E2%20Aquatic%20Ground%20Truthing%20Report.pdf) - [E3. Avifaunal Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E3%20Avifaunal%20Ground%20Truthing%20Report.pdf) - [E4. Bat Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E4%20Bat%20Ground%20Truthing%20Report.pdf) - [E5. Botanical Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E5%20Botanical%20Ground%20Truthing%20Report.pdf) - [E6. Faunal Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E6%20Faunal%20Ground%20Truthing%20Report.pdf) - [E7. Golden Molde Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E7%20Golden%20Mole%20Ground%20Truthing%20Study.pdf) - [E8. Heritage Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E8%20Heritage%20Ground%20Truthing%20Report.pdf) - [E9. Noise Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E9%20Noise%20Ground%20Truthing%20Report.pdf) - [E10. Paleontological Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E10PAL%7E1.PDF) - [E11. Social Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E11%20Social%20Ground%20Truthing%20Report.pdf) - [E12. Visual Ground Truthing Report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/E12%20Visual%20Ground%20Truthing%20Report.pdf) - [Albany WEF Generic EMPr, Substations](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/Generic%20EMPr_Substations_Albany%20WEF%20and%20Associated%20Infrastructure.pdf) - [Albany WEF Generic EMPr, Overhead Powerlines](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/Generic%20EMPr_Powerlines_Albany%20WEF%20and%20Associated%20Infrastructure.pdf) PREVIOUS OBJECTIONS - [Indalo 2020 objection](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2020%20Indalo%20PE.pdf) - [Indalo 2021 objection](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Indalo%20PE.pdf) - [Annexure B to Indalo 2021 objection – noise](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Indalo%20PE%20Appendix%20B(1).pdf) - [Annexure C to Indalo 2021 objection – Sense of Place](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Indalo%20PE%20Appendix%20C%20Sense%20of%20Place.pdf) - [Annexure C to Indalo 2021 objection – Visual Impact Assessment](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Indalo%20PE%20Appendix%20C%20VIA.pdf) - [Annexure C to Indalo 2021 objection – View simulations](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Indalo%20PE%20Appendix%20C%20View%20Simulations.pdf) - [Annexure D to Indalo 2021 objection – Economic Assessment](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Indalo%20PE%20Appendix%20D.pdf) - [Kwandwe 2020 Objection](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2020%20Kwandwe%20PGR.pdf) - [Kwandwe 2021 objection](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Kwandwe%20PGR.pdf) - [Annexure A to Kwandwe 2021 objection – Visual Impact comments](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Kwandwe%20PGR%20Annexure%20A.pdf) - [Annexure A to Kwandwe 2021 objection – Maps](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Kwandwe%20PGR%20Annexure%20A%20maps.pdf) - [Annexure B to Kwandwe 2021 objection – Tourism report](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Kwandwe%20PGR%20Annexure%20B.pdf) - [Annexure C to Kwandwe 2021 objection – Socio-Economic Impact](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Kwandwe%20PGR%20Annexure%20C.pdf) - [Annexure D to Kwandwe 2021 objection – Heritage Impact](https://www.cesnet.co.za/assets/2021%20Kwandwe%20PGR%20Annexure%20D.pdf)