The Budget Must Bring Hope The ACDP believes that with God’s help the ship of public finances is turning in the right direction. Careful seamanship will, however, be required to deliver accelerated economic growth and create jobs. Fiscal consolidation is, however,...
South Africa, today, faces one of the gravest animal health crises in living memory. The ongoing Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak has not only devastated farmers, but destroyed livelihoods, and placed the cattle industry at serious risk. It is against this...
The ACDP has consistently opposed abortion legislation that in our view amounts to the murder of innocent pre-born babies. The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (the CTOP Act No. 92 of 1996) was passed by Parliament on 31 October, 1996, despite widespread...
The ACDP is shocked that the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the ANC-led government have declared the Israeli Chargé d’affaires, Ariel Seidman, persona non grata and given him 72 hours to leave the country. This obviously follows...
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) salutes Professor Musa Xulu following his resignation as Chairperson of the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic (CRL) Rights Commission’s Section 22 Committee. Among some of the reasons that ultimately led to his...
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) proudly acknowledges the remarkable efforts of all candidates who successfully sat for the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams. We congratulate the class of 2025 for achieving a historic pass rate of 88%, with all...
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) welcomes the appointment of Adv Andy Mothibi, the current Head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), to succeed Advocate Shamila Batohi, whose term concludes at the end of January 2026. He has a wealth of institutional...
The ACDP wishes to express its shock and outrage at the horrific terror attack on a Jewish Hannukah by the sea event in Sydney, Australia, which resulted in the death of 16 people with a further number of people seriously injured in hospital. Amongst the deceased was...
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) notes today’s release of the South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics for the first two quarters of the 2025/26 financial year. While the figures indicate declines in murder and certain violent crimes, the ACDP...
Madam Speaker, Mr. President, Honourable Members, Yesterday, ‘The Star’ newspaper had as its top story on the front page, an article entitled, “Public and analysts warn of another SONA of lies.” It was subtitled, “Critics noted that the President has a history of...
Chairperson, I dedicate this speech to the thousands of Iranian protesters who were killed by the despotic Iranian government and, in particular, to a 26-year old protester, Erfan Soltani, who is due to be executed tomorrow after a very flawed process with no appeal,...
House Chair, this Special Appropriation bill covers the additional allocation following the withdrawal of the PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, USA) funding. Now, let’s just put this into context. Our country received $8billion (or about R140billion)...
House Chair, the ACDP believes in following the scriptural injunction: “Render unto Caesar what is due unto Caesar, and unto God what is due unto God.” These tax bills are of a highly technical nature and largely seek to enhance compliance. We commend SARS for the...
Speaker, there is a crisis in the judiciary due to a critical shortage of judges which leads to alarming backlogs and delays. In Gauteng High Courts, more than 120,000 case numbers are issued every year to be dealt with by 80 or less judges, and this excludes the...
Speaker, the ACDP would like to wish all presiding officers, members and staff, a very happy and blessed New Year. We also congratulate the Matrics on their good results. This year, as we continue to rebuild Parliament, may Parliament be a tree of life; the leaves of...
Madam Deputy Speaker, it has indeed been an extremely busy year, with many challenges—starting with a much-contested Budget which illustrated our maturing democracy. And it is noteworthy that the recently passed Revised Fiscal Framework and revenue proposals did not...
Madam Deputy Speaker, the ACDP believes that tourism has the potential to create far more jobs and earn foreign currency given the beauty of our country and its wonderful people. South African tourism, however, is beset with governance problems as set out in this...
Madam Deputy Speaker, the Department of Basic Education received a staggering R32 billion in its budget. It is taxpayers who ultimately paid for this amount, but, are they receiving value for their money? We submit not, given the low rates of literacy, the low rates...