stop being so bloody reasonable and get a bit of mongrel into you Analysis of a chilling interview with City of Cape Town mayoral committee member JP Smith and the significant implications for our future. by Phil Craig, Cape Independence Advocacy Group – 6 November 2020 I have found myself becoming increasingly exasperated with the Democratic […]
Failure of the ‘transformation agenda’ in SA
The Western Cape DA-led provincial government must be more than just administratively efficient, it must serve the electorate who appointed them. That includes making a stand on matters of great principle. by Phil Craig, Cape Independence Advocacy Group – 22 October 2020 South Africa is in the grip of collective insanity. The evidence of our abject […]
Support for Cape independence greater than expected
by Phil Craig, Cape Independence Advocacy Group – 20 September 2020 Cape independence is not a new concept. The Cape Party was formed in 2007 and has been contesting elections on an independence ticket since 2009. In 2016, veteran author RW Johnson wrote about the possibility of an independent Cape. In 2018, King Khoebaha announced the secession of the Western […]
Results of Poll on Cape Independence
The poll showed that 71% of independence supporters were either coloured or black. 1 September 2020 The Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG) is a single issue political pressure group whose goal is to promote the idea of the Western Cape peacefully and democratically breaking away from the Republic of South Africa and forming an independent […]
The case for remedial secession of the Western Cape
South Africa is the only country in the world where a vast majority is protected (through black economic empowerment and affirmative action) against a small brown and white minority. Dr Fatima Saayman, LLB, LLM, LLD is a legal policy advisor to several national governments. Her specialisation is secession and recognition. She writes here under a […]
Cape independence will improve the lives of all citizens
We can do better!! by Phil Craig, Cape Independence Advocacy Group via Daily Friend The Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG) has just completed the first major independence poll of 2020. It was conducted by Gareth van Onselen’s Victory Research, and, when the results are released in early September, the political landscape of the Western Cape […]
Prophets of Doom are Wrong about Cape Independence
Jan-Jan Not Yet There: Western Cape Secession: If you read the positions of those opposing Western Cape secession, one wonders if it requires a significant drop in IQ to join the club. Consequently, it is only with growing despair that one could have poured through Jan-Jan Joubert’s recent Die Burger article, claiming an independent Western […]
Cape Independence – What’s it all about?
CAPE PARTY – FREE THE CAPE As the Cape Party has recognised that it is the failing government SYSTEM THAT HAS TO CHANGE, it is pursuing Cape independence to imitate the Swiss Direct Democracy model and the economic model of Singapore in the Cape Republic. A great number of charters supporting the right to self-determination […]
Cape Independence Ruffles Media Feathers
From the Cape Party – 8 August 2020 “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi This week a fresh round of opinionistas took up the task of attacking the idea of Cape Independence. This is now a growing trend and it seems that […]
Cape Party, a better bet than the DA
South African politics is a stagnant pit of racial extremists, communist aristocracy and spineless grey suits. The trajectory of the country is clear and the downward hill is getting steeper. ~ Jack Miller Cape Party Leader “In the Western Cape the lockdown reminds us of the futility of the DA provincial government. It has no […]