Landmark ruling expected on religion in schools
Updated | By MornéJK
A landmark ruling on religion in state-funded schools is set to be handed down in the Johannesburg High Court on Wednesday.
The Organisation for Religious Education and Democracy (OGOD) has taken six Christian schools to court over the promotion of religion in institutions.
OGOD wants the promotion of religion in state-funded schools declared unconstitutional and learners to rather determine religious practices.
The case is opposed by the six schools, as well as civil rights groups Solidarity and AfriForum, who acted as a friend of the court on behalf of the schools.
According to Solidarity's Deputy Executive Officer, Johan Kruger, they hope to get a ruling on the freedom of religion in South Africa as well as the freedom of a community to choose which religion is practiced in a school.
"We don't want this to happen to the determent or exclusion of other pupils but with the necessary care,' Kruger says.
He says the freedom of a community to choose is at the core of this case and they are hoping that the court will confirm that.
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