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Cape Town, South Africa: Tomorrow, 12 December 2025, marks the close of the second application window for the Give Back 100 Campaign by the Cornerstone Institute. The Give Back 100 campaign is a transformative bursary initiative by the institute that aims to remove the financial and practical barriers preventing South Africans from accessing higher education. […]

Free SA has submitted a formal submission in response to the Department of Basic Education opposing key aspects of the newly proposed BELA Regulations on school admissions and capacity. The submission outlines serious constitutional, procedural, and governance concerns. Chief among these concerns is the centralisation of decision-making power and the erosion of democratic school governance.

Fish Hoek Athletics Club, organisers of the 48th Timbercity Red Hill Marathon, in partnership with MANZI Water, has announced a major milestone for the 2026 edition of the race. For the first time in South Africa, an established road marathon will operate on a complete water refill-only model across the entire route, eliminating all single-use

South African commentator and NewsFlash host Joe Emilio has released a new exposé on what he calls a “municipal ransom scheme” after a Tshwane homeowner was hit with a sudden R70,000 municipal bill, despite the City ignoring him for four consecutive years. In a recent episode of NewsFlash, Emilio reveals how the homeowner, who purchased

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will this week be investigating the destructive effects of fake transformation policies like BEE, employment equity race and gender quotas, and property rights uncertainty on the ability of South African companies to invest and create jobs. Fake transformation is made manifest when government enforces laws that only benefit the

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be approaching the South African Council of Churches (SACC) to discuss the scale of the “moral fraud” that is fake transformation — a system of policies and practices that have entrenched corruption, hollowed out state institutions, and devastated public services. The IRR initially reached out to the church

As the widely publicised Driefontein case heads to court-directed mediation, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is following up on its earlier inquiry to the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure on the number of expropriating authorities empowered under the Expropriation Act. The Driefontein case, in which the Ekurhuleni Municipality expropriated the property of Business

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will this week be urging all G20 leaders and delegations to insist when they visit the country this month for the final events of the G20 summit on being held to the same standards of racial classification that South Africans are legally bound to meet. As state-required racial classification

Co-Founder of Nature Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) brings decades of experience to the first National Geographic International Explorers Festival to be hosted in Africa, as NEWF Fellows take the stage among global counterparts Durban, South Africa, 11 November 2025 – Nature Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) Executive Director and National Geographic Explorer, Noel Kok,

13 November 2025 Free SA has launched a national campaign opposing the proposed Business Licensing Bill of 2025, which seeks to centralise and control who can do business in South Africa, how they may operate, and where they are allowed to trade. The civil rights organisation has called the Bill a dangerous move toward economic