The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities is a constitutional body under the national government of South Africa.
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities is responsible for deepening the appreciation of South Africans for the wide array of cultures, religions and languages found in the country, and for contributing meaningfully and constructively to social transformation and nation-building for the attainment of a truly united South African nation.
The Commission was established to fulfil the following objectives:
- Promote and develop peace, friendship, humanity, tolerance and national unity amongst and within cultural, religious and linguistic communities on the basis of equity, non-discrimination and free association
- Foster mutual respect amongst cultural, religious and linguistic communities
- Promote the right of communities to develop their historically diminished heritage
- Promote respect for and further the protection of the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities
- Recommend the establishment or recognition of community councils
Overseeing Department/Entity
Office Bearers/Management
Chairperson
- Ms Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva
Deputy Chairperson
- Mr George Henry Mahlangu
Commissioners
- Dr Muneer Abduroaf
- Dr Rajendran Thangavelu Govender
- Prof Mokgale Albert Makgopa
- Ms Xolisa Donna Makoboka
- Adv Sipho Gideon Mantula
- Mr James Petrus Mapanka
- Ms Tsholofelo Mosala
- Mrs Doris Tsakane Nkwe
- Dr Sylvia Mmamohapi Pheto
- Adv Aubrey Kgositoi Sedupane
Chief Executive Officer
- Mr Edward Mafadza
Chief Financial Officer
- Mr Cornelius Smuts
Senior Management
- Mr Brian Makeketa (Senior Manager: Research and Policy Development)
- Mr Mpiyakhe Mkholo (Communication, Marketing and IT)
Communications Officers
- Mr Mpiyakhe Mkholo (Communication, Marketing and IT)
- Ms Beverley Mukhavhuli
Contact Details
The contact details of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities are listed in the table below.
| Physical Address: | 33 Hoofd Street, Forum 4, Braampark Office Park, Braamfontein, Johannesburg |
| Postal Address: | Private Bag X90 000, Houghton, 2041 |
| Telephone: | 011 358 9100 |
| Email: | info@crlcommission.org.za |
| Website: | www.crlcommission.org.za |