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.

The ACDP believes that well-monitored public private partnerships are the way to go, not another SOE. If a ‘state owned anything’ was efficient, the ACDP might give these plans a chance, but we will not give our approval to another opportunity for corruption with no improvement to service delivery.

“All women — Israeli women, Palestinian women, as all others, are entitled to a life lived in safety and free from violence.” United Nations

Restorative Justice is at the heart of the Child Justice Act, particularly where one is dealing with children who are not a danger to society.

By accessing the GFECRA funds, President Ramaphosa is shielding the ANC from the consequences of poor economic policy policy, corruption and wasteful expenditure and it creates a dangerous precedent.

The ACDP objects in the strongest possible terms the ANC changing the funding formula from 66 per cent proportional and 33 per cent equitable to a 90/10 per cent allocation. This is a cynical and greedy move that flies directly in the face of the previous Parliament.

The pandemic of violence and abuse in South Africa has put children at risk of all kinds of danger and politically, very little has been done to address this crisis.