{"id":196374,"date":"2021-06-24T13:50:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/amendments-to-the-promotion-of-quality-and-the-prevention-of-discrimination-the-pepuda\/"},"modified":"2021-06-24T13:50:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:50:41","slug":"amendments-to-the-promotion-of-quality-and-the-prevention-of-discrimination-the-pepuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/amendments-to-the-promotion-of-quality-and-the-prevention-of-discrimination-the-pepuda\/","title":{"rendered":"AMENDMENTS TO THE PROMOTION OF QUALITY AND THE PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION (THE PEPUDA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amendments to the Promotion of Quality and the Prevention of Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (the PEPUDA) will have far-reaching consequences for all South Africans. It will also directly infringe on the rights of cultural and religious communities.<\/p>\n

The Bill will have inter alia six important consequences:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. New definitions of\u00a0equality<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0discrimination<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  2. Accountability will be implemented for unintentional actions or failure that affects a person\u2019s dignity. Therefore, alleged perpetrators\u2019 intentions will carry no weight \u2013 only the complainant\u2019s allegations that they were discriminated against.<\/li>\n
  3. People may be held accountable for violations of this Act that by their employees, workers or agents. This includes discrimination, hate speech and harassment.<\/li>\n
  4. Non-governmental organisations, traditional leaders and institutions, as well as community organisations will be subject to a range of requirements. The executive authority will implement processes to regulate these requirements.<\/li>\n
  5. The state will also review all acts, policies, practices and structures that do not comply with the newly-proposed definitions of equality and discrimination.<\/li>\n
  6. The amendments will also require government to review all Acts, codes, structures and policy frameworks to align these with the new definitions of\u00a0equality<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0discrimination<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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