Sakeliga to participate in Bitcoin event exploring parallel structures for free and prosperous societies
Sakeliga Executive Director and economist Russell Lamberti will speak at the upcoming Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on 26 – 28 January 2024. His talk will outline Sakeliga’s strategy for developing scalable solutions to state failure and fostering a thriving economy that will be resilient to harmful state […]
Constitutions, Justice and separation (diffusion) of Power: Checks and Balances and the Dominant Power Elite
Power and authority should be divided among multiple centres of power, and these different centres should keep each other in check. They should monitor and restrain each other – in other words, act as checks and balances against each other.
Constitutions, Justice and separation (diffusion) of Power: An introduction
What is the purpose of a constitution, specifically the constitution of a state? To protect individual rights, many people might answer. The answer is not without merit, but it falls short, nonetheless.
Sakeliga rejects Employment Equity Amendment Act, will initiate litigation
Sakeliga rejects the Employment Equity Amendment Act and is preparing the requisite litigation. Sakeliga encourages employers to maintain value-focussed employment regardless of race, rather than complying with fundamentally unconstitutional and harmful legislation.
Sakeliga welcomes withdrawal of Eskom cover-up regulations
Sakeliga welcomes the announcement by Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, that the exemption for Eskom from provisions under the Public Finance Management Act will be “withdrawn for now.” Nevertheless, Sakeliga has already started investigating the extent to which similar exemptions are being contemplated for other state entities. Sakeliga’s legal team are submitting PAIA applications to determine which […]
Sakeliga demands that cover-up regulations regarding Eskom wastage be withdrawn
Sakeliga’s attorneys are currently drafting a letter to the Minister of Finance, in which we demand that the minister provide reasons for his decision that Eskom does not need to declare irregular expenditures, as well as fruitless and wasteful expenditures, in its financial statements. This controversial decision was published in the government gazette on March […]
Sakeliga warns about Ramokgopa in light of electricity meter tender scandal that cost taxpayers billions
The activities of the newly appointed minister in the presidency for electricity, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, should be watched with great caution, in the light of a huge tender scandal in which he was involved during his time as mayor of the Tshwane municipality.
Sakeliga takes Eskom to court over load reduction
Sakeliga, in collaboration with Agri North-West, TLU SA and affected businesses, launched a court application against Eskom today with the view of ending targeted load reduction on numerous feeder lines across the country. For more than a year now, Eskom has regularly and for hours on end been terminating the power supply of direct users […]
Sakeliga obtains court order against Dlamini-Zuma over lockdown records
Lockdown decision processes will be made public for the first time For the first time since the declaration of a national state of disaster for Covid-19 in March 2020, the veil of secrecy over the government’s decision-making processes regarding Covid disaster management regulations will be lifted. This is owing to a court victory that Sakeliga […]
Professor Koos Malan accepts fellowship at Sakeliga’s new Centre for Constitutional Dynamics
Dear Sakeliga member and friend It is our pleasure to announce the establishment of Sakeliga’s new Centre for Constitutional Dynamics and the appointment of Professor Koos Malan as its first Fellow. The announcement comes at an important time for Sakeliga’s mission. In the decade ahead, we will have to craft a good business environment despite […]