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REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICAGOVERNMENT GAZETTER egistered at the Post Ofice as a Newspaper1 VOL 416 CAPE TOWN, 9 FEBRUARY 2000No. 208761 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCYtNo. February 20001It is hereby notified that the President has assented to thefollowing Act which is hereby published for general informa-tion: ~$No. 4 of 2000: Promotion of Equality and Prevention of unfair &Discrimination Act..G ? . ~NO. 20876 GOVERNMENT GA=~, 9~+ ..Act No. 4,2000 PROMO~ON OF EQUALI~ AND PREVEN~ON OF.>?., ,UNFMR DISCW~A~ON AH, 2000(English text signed by the President.)(Assented to 2 February 2000.)ACTTo give effect to section 9 read with item 23(1) of Schedule 6 to the Constitution ofthe REPUBLIC of SOUTH AFRICA ,1996, so as to prevent and prohibit unfairdiscrimination and harassment; to promote equality and eliminate unfairdiscrimination; to prevent and prohibit hate speech; and to provide for mattersconnected consolidation of democracy in our country requires the eradication of social andeconomic inequalities, especially those that are systemic in nature, which weregenerated in our history by colonialism, apartheid and patriarchy, and which broughtpain and suffering to the great majority of our people;Although significant progress has been made in restructuring and transforming oursociety and its institutions.

T 6 No. 20876 GOWRNME~ G~E~, 9 FEBRUARY 2000 Act No. 4,2000 PROMO~ON OF EQUAL~ AND PREVE~ON OF UNFAIR DISCRm~A~ON ACT, 2~ (e) to provide for measures to educate the public and raise public awareness on the importance of promoting equality and overcoming unfair discrimination,

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