Overview:

• Recognition and registration are amalgamated rather than ideally differentiated;

• Informational requirements seem appropriate although require continued monitoring to ensure they are not expanded.

• Low membership quota in place.

• A relatively unrestrictive form of vertical recognition exists which distinguishes between a religious association and a religious society.

Positive elements:

• The government already has an extensive list of diverse religious groups.

Recommendations:

• Ensure that both traditional religious groups and NRMs are given the appropriate support they require to establish themselves in the country, not in any way hinder by unnecessary government restrictions.

• Established differentiation between recognition and registration.

• Streamline the levels of recognition in order to ensure the equitability of the procedures and the status they grant.

• To become dynamic, establish a recognition agency independent of government.