The African Christian Democratic Party is deeply saddened by the loss of life and injuries incurred after a five-story construction site in George, Western Cape, collapsed on Monday, 6 May 2024. Present reports indicate that 36 people have been rescued from the rubble...
The ACDP shares concerns expressed by others about Eskom's diesel expenditure on emergency generation - a total of R65bn over the past five years or more than a billion rand per month - with most of this spent in the last two years. Despite this huge cost the country...
The African Christian Democratic Party takes note of the IEC report, indicating the amount that it disbursed to political parties in terms of the Political Party Funding Act, which was significantly higher than in previous years. This funding, we believe, is necessary...
The Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill) has effectively been rejected by the public at large in both the National Assembly (NA) and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) public participation processes as stated on Wednesday this week by Parliament’s Legal...
The world does not need more wars, but peace.
National government has no plan to fund the implementation of the BELA Bill. Should the bill pass into law the Western Cape Government will have to budget for an additional amount of R2 billion per annum.
The African Christian Democratic Party is deeply saddened to hear of the death of 24-year-old Luke Fleurs, a footballer for Kaizer Chiefs.
The resignation of the Speaker of Parliament, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is welcomed. It would, however, have been more appropriate for the Speaker to resign as soon as credible accusations were made against her.
We must advocate for peace with truth and demand accountability from those who use violence as a tool. As Christians we must contend for the principles of our faith and stand for our beliefs. Politically we must champion the principles that will end conflict by positive engagement with all communities and by active listening.
House Chair, The office of the Public Protector has the power as regulated by national legislation to investigate any conduct in state affairs in the public administration or any sphere's government that is alleged or suspected to be improper or to result in any...
Honourable House Chairperson, The ACDP extends its condolences to the families of those who lost their loved ones in the collapsed building in George. Those responsible for flouting regulatory and building safety standards, must be held to account. We note that the...
House Chair, The ACDP wishes to thank the Honourable Dion George for sponsoring the Responsible Spending Bill. We in the ACDP share concerns about the rapidly escalating public debt and debt service costs which are becoming unsustainable. Our debt service costs of...
House Chairperson, The ACDP welcomes this report and commends the Joint Committee on Ethics and Member’s Interest on this review which is much needed given the allegations that we have dealt with in this last Parliament. We also share the views of my colleague who...
The Pension Laws Amendment Bill is a step in the right direction, the focal point of which is the two-pot retirement system to provide flexibility for fund members to access their retirement savings during emergencies without necessitating resignation.
Expropriation without compensation is not the panacea. Property rights, in our view, must be protected because a failure to do so destroys the value of such property. As in any business, if a product loses its value, it becomes non-tradable and business will move to places where they can trade
Thousands of submissions were made to the Ad hoc Committee from churches and other faith-based organisations who were concerned that they may be subject to security vetting. As a result, these contentious clauses were removed from the Bill.
By accessing these funds, government is using this account to shield it from the consequences of poor policy choices, corruption, and wasteful expenditure. In the ACDP’s view, it’s like selling the family silver.
There seems to be a continued pattern of deterioration as there were far fewer municipalities in financial distress in 2010, and this has resulted in a collapse of services.