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 […]
R8.8bn more earmarked for public employment programmes
Chaos ensued on Wednesday when the 2025/26 budget was suddenly not tabled, sending the rand into a tailspin and triggering turmoil in the Government of National Unity. “Cabinet, therefore, decided not to come and do a presentation of the budget”, said Speaker Thoko Didiza, stating a return on Wednesday, 12 March. Treasury has since lifted […]
Paul Maritz: National State Enterprises Bill is the path to state capture 2.0
by Paul Maritz, Director at Free SA SA’s relationship with its state-owned enterprises (SOEs) reads like a screenplay from Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather — mismanagement, corruption, financial waste and exorbitantly expensive tailor-made suits. Yet despite all of these failures government has decided to stay the course — marching straight towards even more centralisation of power and […]
