Organisation calls for lifting of ban on gatherings, says religion is communal
Freedom of Religion SA has approached the high court in Johannesburg on an urgent basis to ask that government’s indefinite ban on faith-based gatherings be lifted.
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Freedom of Religion SA has approached the high court in Johannesburg on an urgent basis to ask that government’s indefinite ban on faith-based gatherings be lifted.
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