Free SA says there’s very little to celebrate this Workers’ Day
As South Africa marks Workers’ Day on 1 May, Free SA stands not with the elites in regalia or the podiums heavy with empty slogans, but with the 12.2 million South Africans who want to work, but cannot. Not because they lack will or skill, but because they have been shut out of an economy […]
Free SA’s Says There’s Very Little to Celebrate this Workers’ Day
“While politicians celebrate Workers’ Day with slogans, we at Free SA are asking a more serious question: where are the jobs?” Free SA spokesperson Reuben Coetzer. As South Africa marks Workers’ Day on 1 May, Free SA stands not with the elites in regalia or the podiums heavy with empty slogans, but with the 12.2 […]
Regulating Ourselves Into Insecurity: Why the PSIRA Draft Regulations Are a Misfire
PSIRA draft regulations fail miserably. They are punitive where they should be enabling. They are theoretical where they should be practical. And they are political where they should be urgent. Written by: Reuben Coetzer At a time, more prevalent than ever before, when violent crime grips South Africa with increasing ferocity, where gender-based violence festers […]
The South African Executive: A Shrine to Dead Ideologies
When a government begins to resemble a corporate year-end function—replete with inflated titles, overlapping responsibilities, and far too many people doing far too little—it ceases to be a cabinet and becomes a congregation. South Africa’s executive, now swollen to 77 members, has long since abandoned (arguably never adopted) the lean pragmatism of constitutional governance. Instead, […]
The subtle re-racialisation of property rights
In South Africa’s long and painful journey from apartheid to democracy, the de-racialisation of law and statecraft has been both a moral imperative and a constitutional necessity. Ours is a society founded on the idea that race, once the central axis of oppression, should never again be the determining factor in the shaping of one’s […]
Suid-Afrika se Skynvordering na Nie-Rassigheid
In 1991 is die Wet op Bevolkingsregistrasie, die hart van die apartheidstaat se raswette, herroep. Dit was simbolies en wetlik die einde van amptelike rasseklassifikasie deur die staat in Suid-Afrika. Tog, drie dekades later, sit Suid-Afrika steeds met talle stukke wetgewing wat, ironies genoeg, rasseklassifikasie nie net subtiel impliseer nie, maar afdwing en vereis. Al […]
Duisende besware teen strenger reëls oor wapens
Duisende besware is reeds ingedien teen die voorgestelde beperkings op vuurwapengebruik in die private veiligheidsbedryf. Die spertyd vir die proses van openbare kommentaar sluit Vrydag. Lees meer op Maroela Media
On Freedom Day, Free SA Warns: South Africa’s Freedoms Are Under Siege
As South Africa commemorates Freedom Day this Sunday, Free SA urges the public to reflect not only on the progress made since 1994—but also on the freedoms we are now at risk of losing. While this day honours our hard-won democracy, civil liberties, and human rights, the reality in 2025 is sobering: an increasingly authoritarian […]
Freedom Day Poll 2025 – Are We Truly Free?
This Freedom Day, we reflect on the promises of 1994—freedom, dignity, and equality for all. But nearly three decades later, many South Africans are asking: Are we truly free? Do we experience real freedom of movement when crime keeps us behind high walls?Do we have true economic freedom when state policies dictate who may work […]
Firearm curbs on security industry ‘out of touch with reality’
A civil rights organisation has urged the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) to redraft regulations on the use of firearms by private security personnel, warning that the present proposals would hamper efforts to combat rampant crime. The Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality (Free SA) said the regulations also could have devastating consequences […]