by HAaudibee | Apr 2, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025
Honourable House Chairperson, As we consider this debate on Human Rights, allow me to dispel the lie, that South Africa is a secular state. At the drafting of our Constitution in 1996, our ACDP President fought against SA being a secular democracy. We won this battle...
by HAaudibee | Mar 12, 2025 | Press Statements, Press Statements 2025
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) is extremely disappointed with the proposed 1% VAT increase to 16%, spread over two years, despite widespread opposition to a VAT increase. This will place additional pressure on hard-pressed businesses and households,...
by HAaudibee | Mar 11, 2025 | Press Statements, Press Statements 2025
The ACDP believes that there is great potential for accelerated economic growth and job creation following the formation of the government of national unity (GNU), progress on structural reforms in the electricity and logistics sectors, and renewed optimism in the...
by HAaudibee | Mar 6, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025
House Chairperson, On 7 February 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order suspending all USAID to South Africa, citing concerns over this country’s land expropriation laws, which the US administration alleges discriminates against Afrikaners. The ACDP...
by HAaudibee | Mar 5, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025
Honourable House Chairperson, The ACDP is appalled to hear of the negligent attitude toward the most vulnerable children in our nation, the blind and deaf, at the Setotolwane Secondary School, in Polokwane, Limpopo. Helen Keller, who was born deaf and blind said, “the...