7 March 2025 Brandpunt Government want to regulate Religion in SA.

Something of note that we thought let's bring it to the light and talk about it is the chair of the CRL Rights Commission, Mrs Toku Makwanasi-Gravula, who announced that she's forming a committee to push legislation through Parliament to implement a system for the state to regulate religion. You heard me right. So in a recent interview on News Africa, she proposed the establishment of a state-appointed peer review committee determined to, whether not grant individuals a license to work as religious practitioners or to operate as a church and have the authority to suspend or dismiss religious leaders found guilty of wrongdoing. That in itself is a debate for another day. But with this in mind, we approached the CEO of Freedom of Religion South Africa, Michael Swain, to ask him a lot of questions with regards to the state's intention to regulate religion then in South Africa. Don't stray or go away. We'll have Mr. Michael Swain online right after this.