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The Witchcraft Suppression Act 3 of 1957 is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that prohibits various activities related to witchcraft, witch smelling or witch-hunting. It is based on the Witchcraft Suppression Act 1895 of the Cape Colony , which was in turn based on the Witchcraft Act 1735 of Great Britain .
In June 2007 the Office of the Premier of the Mpumalanga province in South Africa leaked a draft Mpumalanga Witchcraft Suppression Bill of 2007. [1]Unlike the Witchcraft Suppression Act of 1957 (which was directed against witch-hunting), the proposed Witchcraft Control Act would explicitly acknowledge the existence of witchcraft and criminalise it.
Mpumalanga Witchcraft Suppression Bill; P. Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill This page was last edited on 8 October 2024, at 01:33 ...
Ghana's parliament on Friday passed a bill to protect people accused of witchcraft, making it a crime to abuse them or send them away from communities. The new law was suggested after a 90-year ...
Natalie Don hopes the Bill will send a message to other countries that witchcraft convictions are ‘deplorable’. MSP launches consultation on Bill to pardon thousands convicted of witchcraft ...
Accusations of witchcraft can lead to violent witch-hunts and are therefore considered a criminal offence in South Africa under the Witchcraft Suppression Act of 1957. [11] [12] [13] Pagans do not generally believe in the concept of the Devil or identify themselves as Satanists. [3]
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The Witchcraft Suppression Act, 1957 of South Africa, which is still in force, [21] was based on the Witchcraft Act 1735. [22] An Act, Against Conjuration, Witchcraft, and Dealing with Evil and Wicked Spirits, passed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony General Court, October 1692. [23] [24]