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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | message | template |
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2025-01-13 16:45:08 +02:00 | Lydia | No I do not | All of the above | Dear Mr. Ramaphosa ...rather not Mr. President | No I do not |
2025-01-13 07:56:44 +02:00 | Wesley | No I do not | The Bill is unnecessary | The government as a whole which includes all political parties that are involved, wants to control the people. They want to make sure that no one says anything bad about the government on all platforms which includes social media. They also don't want the true church of God(Jesus Christ) to preach the truth. They want to side with terrorists such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Abbas, ISIS, Putin and the Russian government as well as the LGBTQA++ instead of aligning itself with Israel as the word of God says and doing what's right according to the Word of God(Holy Bible) not the Koran or any other religion or man made god. They ultimately want to silence the Christians from speaking the truth and about Jesus Christ, the only ans true God. They call it hate speech but the fact of the matter is they hate the truth. | No I do not |
2025-01-09 16:00:10 +02:00 | Simon | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2025-01-08 22:46:20 +02:00 | Tracey | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2025-01-08 19:35:59 +02:00 | Johannes | No I do not | The Bill is unnecessary | Hate must have murder as motive. Let Everly language/race entity have their own territory and rules their own interpretation of hate and or get off with killing White people. | No I do not |
2024-12-18 11:42:41 +02:00 | Monique | No I do not | All of the above | Objection to the Proposed Hate Speech Bill This bill is a clear threat to freedom of speech in South Africa. Its vague and overly broad definitions of “hate speech” create a dangerous precedent where nearly anything can be construed as offensive, criminalizing protected speech under the guise of promoting social cohesion. In a society where people can be offended by differing opinions, misgendering, or simply hearing something they don’t agree with, this bill opens the door to abuse. It hands excessive power to the government to silence dissent and control narratives, effectively stifling open debate and freedom of expression. The Constitution already protects against hate speech through carefully defined boundaries. This bill not only goes beyond those boundaries but contradicts the principle of the rule of law by failing to define essential terms like “hate.” Citizens cannot reasonably know what constitutes a crime under such an ambiguous framework. Furthermore, existing laws have successfully addressed hate speech without infringing on constitutional rights. This bill is unnecessary, redundant, and a blatant attempt to expand government control at the expense of individual freedoms. We must reject this bill and protect our constitutional right to free speech. Robust debate and disagreement are the foundation of a healthy democracy—not criminal offenses. | No I do not |
2024-11-28 16:20:53 +02:00 | Patricia | No I do not | The Bill is unnecessary | The subjective determination of what is "hate speech" is beyond justice. We demand that we are allowed to express our views in a free and open manner. This is about control of people and has nothing to do with freedom. | Yes I do |
2024-11-27 08:58:30 +02:00 | MOSHOME | No I do not | All of the above | No I do not | |
2024-10-27 10:48:00 +02:00 | Wild | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-10-21 14:20:07 +02:00 | Augusto | No I do not | All of the above | No I do not | |
2024-10-02 22:36:47 +02:00 | Neil | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-10-02 09:19:43 +02:00 | Stefan | No I do not | The Bill is vague and ambiguous | Yes I do | |
2024-09-16 10:06:36 +02:00 | Tiaan | No I do not | All of the above | I completely oppose this Bill, it merely damages our lack of freedom of speech even further. It's anti-human. | Yes I do |
2024-07-04 12:43:41 +02:00 | D | No I do not | Other | Another way where free speech and personaql opinion/feeling is being manipulated or oppressed to accomodate everyone except those who actually think logically. | No I do not |
2024-05-21 07:19:24 +02:00 | Noelle | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-05-19 14:22:42 +02:00 | Reinhard | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-05-16 18:48:36 +02:00 | Charlie | No I do not | The Bill is vague and ambiguous | Yes I do | |
2024-05-10 16:50:20 +02:00 | Ingrid | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-05-10 08:16:43 +02:00 | Graeme | No I do not | All of the above | Dear Mr President, The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill (the Bill), passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday, 5 December 2023, refers. REQUEST: I am writing to appeal to Your Excellency to send the Bill back to the National Assembly for reconsideration, because of the constitutional concerns below. CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL’S DEFINITION OF HATE SPEECH: The Bill contravenes section 36 of the Constitution, because it is: Unnecessary as existing laws have already been successfully implemented in various criminal and civil cases of hate speech. Overbroad: The Bill’s definition of hate speech is broader than the Constitution’s definition of hate speech, criminalising speech the Constitution sees as protected. The Bill’s definition of hate speech is also broader than the Equality Act’s civil law definition of (civil) hate speech. This will make it easier to be found guilty of a criminal offence and sent to jail for up to five years than to be ordered to e.g. apologise under the Equality Act. Vague and ambiguous: The Bill’s different elements for the crime of hate speech are either undefined (e.g. hate) or vague and/or ambiguous (e.g. social cohesion). The Bill also contravenes the Constitution’s founding value of the rule of the law (section 1(c)), because it fails to define the essential element of hate. The result is that citizens are unable to know beforehand whether they are committing a crime or not. OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL: The Bill fails to incorporate the United Nations’ Rabat Plan of Action threshold test (the requirements used to determine culpability for criminal hate speech). Thus it will cause South Africa to break its international law obligations and commitments to: uphold freedom of expression and impose criminal sanctions for hate speech only as a last resort measure in strictly justifiable circumstances. Thank you | No I do not |
2024-05-10 07:52:00 +02:00 | Gabriel | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-04-24 07:36:24 +02:00 | Ernst | No I do not | The Bill is unnecessary | No I do not | |
2024-04-22 22:28:34 +02:00 | Silvana | No I do not | The broad definition of hate speech | No I do not | |
2024-04-22 18:48:23 +02:00 | Nelisiwe | No I do not | All of the above | This is against our faith and it's an insult to us as SA,what is it that you want to feed our children,what kind of a nation it's going to build,come n don't sign this we are being set up here | No I do not |
2024-04-22 18:48:22 +02:00 | Nelisiwe | No I do not | All of the above | This is against our faith and it's an insult to us as SA,what is it that you want to feed our children,what kind of a nation it's going to build,come n don't sign this we are being set up here | No I do not |
2024-04-19 09:26:32 +02:00 | Lesley | No I do not | The Bill is vague and ambiguous | Inciting people to kill is not acceptable | Yes I do |
2024-04-16 12:21:42 +02:00 | Lesley | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-04-06 10:45:40 +02:00 | Umi | No I do not | All of the above | My religious beliefs do not permit such stuff I will teach my own children I don’t want others passing their beliefs on these young minds | Yes I do |
2024-04-03 19:21:00 +02:00 | Charity | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-03-22 10:04:49 +02:00 | Jutta | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-03-19 19:53:30 +02:00 | Stephan | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do |