Free SA Opposes Racial Quotas in Employment Equity: Calls for Constitutional Compliance and Skills-Based Reform
Civil rights organisation Free SA has launched a nationwide campaign opposing the newly implemented Employment Equity (EE) targets, which the organisation warns amount to unconstitutional racial quotas. The regulations apply to all companies with more than 50 employees and will enforce race-based targets across skilled, professional, and management levels over the next five years. Free […]
Free SA rejects proposed BELA Regulations: Defends school autonomy and parental voice in education
Free SA strongly opposes the Department of Basic Education’s proposed BELA Regulations, which it says represent a “deeply undemocratic power grab” threatening parental rights and school autonomy. The draft regulations – ostensibly framed to standardise school governance – grant disproportionate powers to provincial Heads of Department (HoDs), enabling them to override school governing bodies (SGBs) […]
Free SA Rejects Government’s National Dialogue as a hollow exercise in control, not consultation
Free SA strongly rejects the so-called “National Dialogue” spearheaded by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration as a performative and exclusionary exercise. Despite its promises of unity, this project is neither national nor a dialogue, and has exposed and probably worsened the gaping divide between the state and its citizens. Instead of empowering South Africans, the National […]
0.3% Growth in jobs is not enough – Government must remove obstacles to prosperity
Free SA has warned that South Africa’s Q2 2025 year-on-year employment growth of just 0.3% should not be celebrated. Given that this does not even match population growth, 0.3% is essentially an economy in reverse, meaning unemployment is effectively worsening in real terms. All is not lost, however. Free SA has pointed to the Western […]
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 […]