# summary - Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/marine-oil-pollution/summary/ - Published: 2023-07-30T14:00:51+02:00 - Author: dearSA _Advert_ _Advert – scroll down_ [ view the campaign](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/marine-oil-pollution/) Report on the participation _coming soon_ Public comments as delivered to parliament ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/26160200/marine-oil.pdf) [Download [146.25 KB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/26160200/marine-oil.pdf) ### STATEMENTS FROM CIVIL AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS Click on a logo to view. Want to display your organisation’s statement? [Click here. ](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/marine-oil-pollution/summary/ oil@dearsouthafrica.co.za?subject=org info for marine oli pollution 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 * News24 — [South African fines for polluting ships hiked by 2000% in new proposed law](https://www.news24.com/fin24/climate_future/environment/south-african-fines-for-polluting-ships-hiked-by-2-000-in-new-proposed-law-20220906) * Good Things Guy — [NPO to Launch Oil Spill Model to Help South Africa Plan for and Protect Our Oceans](https://www.goodthingsguy.com/environment/oil-spill-model-wildocean-npo/) * IOL — [Oil spill model can be used to stop the exploration, exploitation of fossil fuels](https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/oil-spill-model-can-be-used-to-stop-the-exploration-exploitation-of-fossil-fuels-85ea0daf-0ba2-4616-a965-36b11fec095b) * IOL — [New oil spill model on the cards for SA to protect marine biodiversity, protected areas](https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/new-oil-spill-model-on-the-cards-for-sa-to-protect-marine-biodiversity-protected-areas-89bf566b-bf2a-458b-b40b-02c7437822d1) * BizCommunity — [Wildtrust develops oil spill model for SA risk assessment](https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/701/239878.html) * Engineering News — [Oil pollution bill delayed (2013)](https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/oil-pollution-bill-delayed-2013-08-14) At any given time, 90% of the ocean around South Africa is being explored for oil and gas extraction. This may provide jobs, boost the economy and help mitigate the energy crisis but what happens if there is a spill. Wildtrust has developed a model to predict the behaviour and trajectory of a spill. eNCA speaks to Giles Fearon, an ocean modeller at the SA Environmental Observation Network. Clause by clause summary – Memorandum of objects ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/30134758/Memorandum-B10-2022_Marine_Oil_Pollution_Preparedness.pdf) [Download [45.25 KB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/30134758/Memorandum-B10-2022_Marine_Oil_Pollution_Preparedness.pdf) The Bill as published ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/30135908/B10-2022_Marine_Oil_Pollution_Preparedness.pdf) [Download [83.27 KB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/30135908/B10-2022_Marine_Oil_Pollution_Preparedness.pdf) Encourage participation with this poster/flyer – distribute or place at the office ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/30174558/Marine-oil-QR-poster.pdf) [Download [159.44 KB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/30174558/Marine-oil-QR-poster.pdf)