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REFERENCE: CIAG's Proposed Submission to Parliament on Repeal of s235 (Self-determination)
The CIAG argues that in its Bill to repeal s235, MK have fundamentally misunderstood the nature and legal status of the right so self-determination.
April 23, 2026
CIAG Team
PRESS RELEASE: Cape Independence Advocacy Group and uMkhonto weSizwe meet to discuss self-determination, agree to public debate
PRESS RELEASE: Repeal s235 or operationalise it? CIAG and MK have met to discuss their differences on self-determination and agreed to debate them publicly
April 23, 2026
Phil Craig
PRESS RELEASE: City of Cape Town Deletes ‘Lower Rates’ Claim After ARB Complaint
PRESS RELEASE: City of Cape Town quietly removes its claims that "lower rates are coming to Cape Town" but fails to offer public correction - that higher rates are in fact coming to Cape Town
April 20, 2026
CIAG Team
OP-ED: Beyond the Rainbow: South Africa Cannot Be Governed This Way
South Africa's system of government is a root cause of the county's problem, s235 and self-determination is the solution. It won't be delivered by a top down two-thirds majority in parliament, but from the bottom up.
April 20, 2026
Phil Craig
PRESS RELEASE: CIAG congratulates Hill-Lewis, Urges Him to Pursue the DA’s Federalist Policies More Aggressively
PRESS RELEASE: CIAG congratulates Geordin Hill-Lewis on his election as the new DA leader and urges him to to pursue federalist policies much more vigorously than has been the case up until now
April 13, 2026
CIAG Team
RP ARCHIVES: PRESS RELEASE: RP Says Fisherhaven Academy Fiasco Is a Warning to the Rest of the Province
The Referendum Party demands immediate action at Fisherhaven Academy and warns that illegal settlement expansion is driving a wider breakdown across the Western Cape.
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
PRESS RELEASE: Deep South Residents Reject City's Rehousing Plans
The Referendum Party's first community poll in Cape Town's Deep South demonstrates deep opposition to the city's relocation and housing plans.
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: PRESS RELEASE: RP Submits Non-racialism Bill to Parliament
PRESS RELEASE: Government racism is not the solution to our past, says RP. Non-racialism Bill submitted to Parliament.
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: OP-ED: We Can't Outrun Reality
OP-ED: DA strategist Ryan Coetzee says "We got the Titanic to sink more slowly" can't be the point of the GNU. RP's Phil Craig explains why the GNU can never be the solution for ideological minorities in South Africa.
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: PRESS STATEMENT: Phil Craig responds to calls for his deportation and denial of citizenship
RP leader lays out the legal basis for his Cape Independence advocacy, challenges the conduct of his political opponents
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: OP-ED: Donald Trump - South Africa's Black Swan
OP-ED: Advice to the US Government. The ANC will die on this hill and 70% of South Africans agree with them. Support the 30% who don't and win big.
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: PRESS RELEASE: Racist ANC Mustn't Hide Behind Semantics, Says Referendum Party
PRESS RELEASE: ANC is getting its just rewards as Trump administration levels criticisms against it over race-based policy and EWC
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: OP-ED: Understanding the DA’s GNU Weakness
The GNU represents the culmination of a 15-year plan for the DA. If it fails, they have no other plan to offer. This drives their weakness in the GNU.
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: PRESS RELEASE: RP Leaders to Literally ‘Walk the Talk’ on Non-Racialism
PRESS RELEASE: RP leaders to promote party's Non-Racialism Bill by walking 75km between sites associated with non-racialism.
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: COMMENT: Why Helen Zille Was Wrong About SA's Future
GNU exposes the flaws in Helen Zille's 'Good ANC' theory
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: OP-ED: Referendum Party Proposes Non-racialism Bill
OP-ED: Race-based policy has not worked in SA and must end. The RP is proposing a Non-racialism Bill to bring it to an end & is calling for public support.
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: PRESS RELEASE: RP Launches Non-Racialism Bill
Referendum Party launches its Non-racialism Bill saying it is long overdue and that the main opposition have shirked their responsibilities by not doing it sooner.
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: OP-ED: ‘Western’ Cape: Stop Asking, Start Asserting
Asking any ANC-led government for permission to have more autonomy is futile, the answer will always be no. Asserting the right to self-determination is the solution.
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party
RP ARCHIVES: Failure of GNU Inevitable
OP-ED: Same policies, same leaders, same outcomes. GNU cannot save SA, only a change in the system of government can
April 1, 2026
Referendum Party