Sakeliga Statement: Defeat of 18th Amendment only first step in stopping EWC
The defeat of the Eighteenth Amendment in Parliament is a necessary but insufficient step in the direction of restoring constitutional normalcy on property rights. The immediate next step is for Parliament to take any further discussion of property confiscation off its agenda, and for it to refuse to adopt the Expropriation Bill.
2021 Mini-budget confirms the merit of Sakeliga’s strategy of state-proofing
Sakeliga regards Thursday’s mid-year budget update from National Treasury as another confirmation of the need for businesses and communities to state-proof themselves as much as possible. Finance minister Enoch Gondongwana’s mini-budget confirmed that the government does not take seriously enough the fiscal crisis it has created since 2009. The government has committed to incur 350 to 400 billion rand – around 6% of GDP – worth of new […]
Sakeliga submission on Companies Amendment Bill, 2021
Sakeliga took opportunity to provide a short comment on the proposed Companies Amendment Bill, 2021. Sakeliga opposes the proposed Companies Amendment Bill and has indicated so to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic). See below, the submission made to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on 29 October 2021. Sakeliga submission on Companies […]
Regulation: Certificates of Need for Health Establishments
Sakeliga’s brief submission on the proposed regulation that will require certificates of need for health establishments can be found here. Sakeliga’s interest in the proposed regulation is based in its opposition to the infringement on market freedom, specifically the rights to freedom of association and freedom of professional choice. Sakeliga opposes the proposal.
2021 Version of the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill
Sakeliga’s comprehensive submission on the 2021 version of the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill can be found here. The Amendment Bill proposes to insert the phenomena of confiscation (so-called “expropriation without compensation”) and nationalisation (so-called “state custodianship”) into South African constitutional and property law. Sakeliga believes the revised Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill represents significant, perhaps existential, […]
Land Court Bill, 2021
Sakeliga’s brief comment on the Land Court Bill can be obtained here. Sakeliga’s interest in the Bill is particularly aimed at the changes envisaged with respect to the rules regarding hearsay evidence in land claims. Sakeliga is concerned that the admission of hearsay evidence will unduly undermine private property rights, a necessary condition for a […]
How does one keep up with the avalanche of authoritarian policy?
While the President tries to fool South Africans about him apparently being a reformer and that we are approaching his so-called “New Dawn”, the economy is being suffocated and the country is being placed on the path of irreparable decline. South Africa is now inundated with laws, regulations, and public policies that are simply riddled […]
Economic opportunities with calls for vigilance on restrictions – Sakeliga Report
The economy for business in Q2 2021 Businesses should not miss opportunities in the current economic upswing driven by a reprieve from the severe restrictions of 2020 and policies that encourage consumption, but vigilance in monitoring new Covid restrictions must be maintained. These are some of the insights contained in the Sakeliga-ETM report Economic Highlights […]
Sakeliga exposes government pseudo-“study” used to support deprivation of property rights
The business group Sakeliga has just released a government impact study on the Expropriation Bill obtained through a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request. It appears that prior to Sakeliga’s PAIA-request, the study has been withheld from public consideration. The document, a socio-economic impact assessment (SEIA) initiated by the Department of Public Works […]
New discrimination law is tyranny on stilts
Making fun of “flat-Earthers” may be the mainstay of many a joke. Yet, if a new discrimination law is adopted, that could land you in hot water in the Equality Court. You can now “unintentionally” discriminate, among other things, on grounds of someone’s “beliefs”. This new law amends the so-called Promotion of Equality and Prevention […]