Break the Broadcast Monopoly: Support the Full Privatisation of the SABC
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is on the brink of collapse—again. Years of financial mismanagement, political interference, and outdated funding models have left the public broadcaster unable to serve its mandate. It’s time for bold reform. Closed: 27 June 2025 Make your voice heard More about this campaign In the media Speak up, be […]
The ANC’s idealessness
The ANC’s Crisis of Idealessness—and the Road Back to Democratic Renewal The pathology of the ANC is a subject of growing fascination and frustration. For years now, South Africans both outside and in the party have been debating what exactly is wrong with the former behemoth that came to power so triumphantly three decades ago. […]
What do you expect from the Trump-Ramaphosa conversation?
President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in the United States for a working visit, including talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. According to reports, the discussions will be focused on salvaging key trade agreements between South Africa and the U.S., as global trade dynamics shift and AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act) faces future uncertainty. The […]
Why South Africa Needs a Leaner, Fairer, Safer State
Each year, the South African Parliament issues a quiet but important invitation to the general public, inviting ordinary South Africans to submit proposals and suggestions to amend the Constitution. It’s a democratic gesture and part of the machinery that keeps our republic healthy and responsive, even if the mere gesture often goes unnoticed. Most years, […]
After the talk shop: what real political work looks like
Politics has always had its rituals, formalities, and its theatre. In recent times, we’ve seen a resurgence of political conversation, not just in South Africa, but across the globe. There were fraught negotiations along the Ukrainian border and deepening partisan tensions in the United States, and now in Germany, where previously opposed parties have found […]
Free SA Responds to (Lack of) Job Stats
The Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality (Free SA) expressed deep concern over the latest labour market figures released by Statistics South Africa, which show that the official unemployment rate has returned to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2025, with the total unemployed exactly where it was a year ago. The expanded unemployment […]
Power to the People?
South Africa’s great constitutional experiment is part modern republic, part post-liberation compromise. We’ve inherited a state both noble in its intentions and bloated in its execution. The Executive sprawls like a badly planned city, with ministries stacked like shipping containers on a listing vessel of political convenience. Our police force is centralised to the point […]
Three quick cuts to jump-start the SA economy
SA’s future lies in a mixed economy with a liberated infrastructure grid, not a Soviet-style ministry dictating who may build what and where There are few sounds more satisfying than the crack of sekelbos splitting clean under a sharp axe: the reward of precision, strength and purpose. SA’s economy needs just such a moment of precision, strength […]
Power to the People: Free SA Tables Landmark Constitutional Amendment to Cut Waste, Open the Economy, and Decentralise Policing
Free SA has drafted its proposed Power to the People Constitutional Amendment Bill which is to be submitted to Parliament at the end of May. This is in response to Parliament’s call for proposed amendments to be submitted until 31 May 2025. Free SA is calling on all South Africans to support its bold, practical […]
Power to the People: A Constitutional Amendment for a Safer, Fairer, More Accountable South Africa
The Power to the People Amendment is a bold constitutional proposal designed to fix what’s failing in our democracy. It aims to reduce government waste by limiting the size of the Cabinet, open the economy by banning harmful state-owned monopolies, and make communities safer by giving provinces control over their own police services. Your voice […]