Civil rights organisation Free SA has launched a campaign opposing the Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations, 2026, warning that the proposed regulations threaten investment, economic growth, innovation, and the financial freedom of South Africans.
South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for Q1 2026 paints a bleak picture of an economy that continues to fail millions of South Africans. While government officials will attempt to downplay the numbers, the reality is clear: fewer South Africans are working, more people are giving up hope of finding jobs, and economic growth remains far too weak to absorb the country’s expanding workforce.
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ISFAP Welcomes Students as Universities Open, Reaffirming Support for the “Missing Middle” as Income Gaps Widen
Free SA has expressed serious concern over the content of and the approach taken by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture in its proposed amendments to the Use of Official Languages Act, which entrench top-down, centralised control over language policy, at the expense of South Africa’s vibrant and diverse linguistic heritage.
The Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality, Free SA, has issued a strong caution against the National Minimum Wage Commission’s proposed wage hike for 2026, calling it a “policy of exclusion” that risks deepening South Africa’s already catastrophic unemployment crisis. In its submission, authored by Free SA Director Paul Maritz, it argues that in a country with low productivity and fragile small businesses, raising the wage floor further is economically irresponsible and socially damaging.
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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.
South African commentator and NewsFlash host Joe Emilio has released exclusive, never-before-seen footage of a taxi boss assassination carried out in broad daylight on the R300, calling it “proof that South Africa is now living in the Wild West.” The video, sent anonymously to Emilio, shows masked men dressed as construction workers opening fire with what appears to be an automatic weapon, killing a 32-year-old taxi owner and injuring his security detail.
Free SA has launched a national campaign calling for the full repeal of South Africa’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act and related legislation, following government’s announcement that it will merely “review” the existing system. The campaign follows recent comments by Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, signalling a review of race-based empowerment laws without a clear timeline or objective.
