The Pension Laws Amendment Bill is a step in the right direction, the focal point of which is the two-pot retirement system to provide flexibility for fund members to access their retirement savings during emergencies without necessitating resignation.
We must protect property rights, says ACDP
Mar 27, 2024
Expropriation without compensation is not the panacea. Property rights, in our view, must be protected because a failure to do so destroys the value of such property. As in any business, if a product loses its value, it becomes non-tradable and business will move to places where they can trade
Churches can flex their muscles and have their voices heard to change legislation
Mar 26, 2024
Thousands of submissions were made to the Ad hoc Committee from churches and other faith-based organisations who were concerned that they may be subject to security vetting. As a result, these contentious clauses were removed from the Bill.
ACDP cannot support the potential raiding of Reserve Bank buffers until nothing is left
Mar 26, 2024
By accessing these funds, government is using this account to shield it from the consequences of poor policy choices, corruption, and wasteful expenditure. In the ACDP’s view, it’s like selling the family silver.
169 of 250 municipalities are in financial distress causing a collapse of services
Mar 26, 2024
There seems to be a continued pattern of deterioration as there were far fewer municipalities in financial distress in 2010, and this has resulted in a collapse of services.
South Africa’s water infrastructure risks failure due to poor governance
Mar 26, 2024
The ACDP believes that well-monitored public private partnerships are the way to go, not another SOE. If a ‘state owned anything’ was efficient, the ACDP might give these plans a chance, but we will not give our approval to another opportunity for corruption with no improvement to service delivery.
We must do far more to protect women and children in South Africa and globally
Mar 26, 2024
“All women — Israeli women, Palestinian women, as all others, are entitled to a life lived in safety and free from violence.” United Nations
The ANC government is becoming increasingly incompetent and is rife with corruption
Mar 19, 2024
The ANC government is becoming increasingly incompetent and incapable, rife with corruption and serving its own narrow personal and political interests.
The ACDP supports the concept of Restorative Justice
Mar 14, 2024
Restorative Justice is at the heart of the Child Justice Act, particularly where one is dealing with children who are not a danger to society.
Proposals to use the R150 billion in the GFECRA account to offset the fiscal deficit are concerning
Mar 13, 2024
By accessing the GFECRA funds, President Ramaphosa is shielding the ANC from the consequences of poor economic policy policy, corruption and wasteful expenditure and it creates a dangerous precedent.
This is pure unbridled greed with an estimated R50 million extra going to ANC
Mar 12, 2024
The ACDP objects in the strongest possible terms the ANC changing the funding formula from 66 per cent proportional and 33 per cent equitable to a 90/10 per cent allocation. This is a cynical and greedy move that flies directly in the face of the previous Parliament.
ACDP condemns horrifying levels of violence against children and exposure to it
Mar 5, 2024
The pandemic of violence and abuse in South Africa has put children at risk of all kinds of danger and politically, very little has been done to address this crisis.
ACDP concerned over Eskom’s diesel expenditure
Apr 30, 2024
The ACDP shares concerns expressed by others about Eskom's diesel expenditure on emergency generation - a total of R65bn over the past five years or more than a billion rand per month - with most of this spent in the last two years. Despite this huge cost the country...
ACDP rejects changes to funding formula
Apr 25, 2024
The African Christian Democratic Party takes note of the IEC report, indicating the amount that it disbursed to political parties in terms of the Political Party Funding Act, which was significantly higher than in previous years. This funding, we believe, is necessary...
South Africans have overwhelmingly rejected the BELA Bill
Apr 19, 2024
The Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill) has effectively been rejected by the public at large in both the National Assembly (NA) and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) public participation processes as stated on Wednesday this week by Parliament’s Legal...
ACDP joins G7 leaders in condemning Iran’s attack on Israel
Apr 15, 2024
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) joins G7 leaders who have condemned Iran for launching about 300 drones and missiles into Israel. The leaders reportedly said that Iran risks provoking an uncontrollable regional escalation of conflict, not only in that...
Provinces would have to foot a R2bn per annum bill to implement proposed BELA Bill
Apr 13, 2024
The African Christian Democratic Party, (ACDP) Western Cape, expresses its shock that the Western Cape Education Committee has been informed by a spokesperson from the National Treasury that provinces would have to foot the costs of implementing the proposed Basic...
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