The Minister of Justice, Mr Dullah Omar, is to unveil a special project unit set up to draft anti-discrimination legislation for South Africa planned to be passed before February 4, 2000. This deadline must be met or the Government will be in breach of a constitutional obligation. This Anti-discrimination legislation will prevent or prohibit unfair discrimination. This includes discrimination by private parties, based on race, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, etc in areas such as schools, health care, banking, public facilities, etc. According to the Equality Clause in the Constitution, everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law.
Equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms.
The Draft Unit is accountable to the Minister of Justice and to a Project Management Team represented by inter-personnel. This legislation bound to be extremely important for the process of transformation. However, similar laws have also been very controversial in some other countries. Please confirm your attendance with Ms Zoleka Moon or Ms Nomisa Twnia.