Free SA Launches campaign to oppose Mandatory Insourcing Bill
The Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality (Free SA) today announced a nationwide mobilisation to halt the Public Service Insourcing Bill (B19-2025). The draft legislation, now before Parliament, would compel every organ of state to absorb a wide range of functions in-house, including security, cleaning, information technology, transport, auditing, and catering, while permitting outsourcing […]
Do South Africans still trust commissions of inquiry? Free SA calls for accountability, not empty spectacle
Free SA has launched a bold public campaign asking the question many South Africans are quietly contemplating: Do we still trust commissions of inquiry? The question comes in the wake of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent announcement of a commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption involving Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. Free SA had previously requested […]
Free SA demands judicial inquiry into alleged political interference in assassination investigations
Free SA calls for the urgent establishment of an independent judicial commission of inquiry following explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. These claims implicate senior political leaders, including the Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, in deliberately sabotaging investigations into politically motivated murders. Mkhwanazi revealed evidence of a systematic cover-up involving the […]
Free SA Opposes Reserve Bank Amendment Bill: Nationalising the SARB will kill the economy
Free SA has made a formal submission to Parliament expressing its strong opposition to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Amendment Bill [B 26—2018], warning that the proposed nationalisation of the central bank threatens the country’s economic stability, institutional independence, and international credibility. The Bill, introduced by MP Julius Malema, seeks to make the state […]
Free SA Supports BELA Guidelines: Local accountability must triumph over centralised control
The Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality (Free SA) has welcomed the Department of Basic Education’s newly published BELA implementation guidelines, which rightfully affirm the power of school governing bodies (SGBs) to determine their own language and admissions policies within a constitutional framework. Free SA strongly supports efforts that place meaningful decision-making power in […]
Free SA Announces Winners of the 2025 Young Leaders Awards: Celebrating Youth Who Are Reshaping South Africa
Free SA proudly announces the winners of the 2025 Young Leaders Awards, honouring extraordinary young South Africans whose efforts are driving positive change in their communities and across the nation. Each category winner takes home a R7,500 prize in recognition of their outstanding contributions. These young changemakers exemplify courage, innovation, and service, living proof that […]
Free SA Welcomes Department’s New BELA Guidelines as a Victory for Constitutional Education Governance
Cape Town – Free SA today welcomes the Department of Basic Education’s newly issued Guidelines for the Implementation of the 2024 Amendments to the South African Schools Act. Just in time for Youth Day, these guidelines reflect a meaningful and commendable effort by Minister Siviwe Gwarube and her team to incorporate constitutional principles, public participation, […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]