The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) condemns the brutal smash-and-grab attack on three Democratic Alliance (DA) Members of Parliament who were conducting essential police oversight work in Philippi on Tuesday afternoon. No public representative, regardless...
The ACDP was shocked to learn of the launch of the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s "Solidarity in Action Awards” and what they stand for. It was reported that the Foundation decided to launch these awards after claims of Zionism emerged while undertaking various...
At the adoption of the City of Cape Towns budget on the 26th of June, the ACDP ensured that the voice of residents were heard by not supporting the adopted budget. The ACDP acknowledged that the City’s proposed R84 billion budget is its most ambitious yet, with major...
The African Christian Democratic Party is very concerned about the outlook of South Africa's future if corruption is not rooted out of the South African Police Service, particularly the division of Crime Intelligence. For our nation to have foreign criminals...
The ACDP joins the international community, the global Jewish community and the State of Israel in mourning the deaths of hostages Oded Lifshitz, Shiri Bibas, and her nine-month-old baby, Kfir Bibas, and four-year old brother, Ariel, whose bodies were returned...
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...
In meetings that were held by the Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy, with the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and the Board of Eskom, Wayne Thring, MP, representing the African Christian Democratic Party on the Portfolio Committee, stated that the...
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) is deeply concerned about the life-threatening situation facing South African troops in the DRC after 13 fall in battle with many more being wounded. We are deeply concerned about the life-threatening situation facing...
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) proudly acknowledges the remarkable efforts of all candidates who successfully sat for the 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams. They have made their families, teachers, and communities extremely proud. The ACDP...
Chairperson, As we debate Human Rights Day today, I want to focus on a recent article written by Peter Fabricius for the Daily Maverick entitled: “Why the silence on Iran’s brutality, asks economist Iraj Abedian of SA.” Speaking to the Cape Town Press Club on Friday...
Honourable Chairperson, This year, we mark 30 years since our Constitution was adopted. It has been hailed all over the world as one of the most liberal and forward-looking constitutions. We appreciate that fact that everyone is equal before the law, human rights must...
Honourable Speaker, the ACDP offers its condolences to the family of the late Ntate Mosiuoa Lekota, born in Kroonstad in the Free State. Having served under Mr Lekota personally and having worked with him in the years of the United Democratic Front, in the struggle...
House Chairperson, With Joburg Water warning of major water outages next week affecting five regions, the ACDP greatly welcomes this debate and hopes it may result in effective action being taken on the grave crisis of water infrastructure in Johannesburg and other...
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...