Dear Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services,
CC:
dwain@entheosgroup.co.za

I recommend :
1. The Bill should be scrapped:
2. Alternatively, the "Hate Speech:" sections should be deleted from the Bill altogether:
3. Alternatively, should the "Hate speech" provisions remain part of the Bill:
4. "hate speech" should be narrowly defined in line with the Constitutional Court's definition in Qwelane v South African Human Rights Commission: AND
5. The bill's:" religious exemption" clause should be strengthenend to protect everyone's constitutional right to religious expression - whether from the pulpit or otherwise as follows:
"the bona fide interpretation and proselytization does not advocate hatred that constitutes incitement to cause harm, based on one or more of the grounds referred to in subsection (1) (a)."