Cultural Protections – 1998

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Cultural Protections – 1998

1998

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President Mandela, in his address to the Parliament on February 6, 1998, said that the government was a step closer to setting up the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities.1

The Constitutional development minister, Valli Moosa, said, on May 13, 1998, that he would table a proposal during the parliamentary session for the formation of a commission for the promotion and protection of the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities. The commission was said to be formed only after consultation with other parties.2 No such bill was presented in the Parliament.

  1. “South Africa; Address By President Nelson Mandela To Parliament,” Africa News, February 6, 1998.
  2. “South Africa; Volkstaat Council must go,” Africa News, May 13, 1998.