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Submitted | first-name | support | concern | top-concern | message |
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2026-08-17 05:48:47 +02:00 | Zibangele Gruncwana | Yes I do | Enclave Risks: Preventing 'Racist Enclaves' | The opposite of the Bill is apartheid separate development strategy being re-instated. It is a strategy under the current Constitution to surreptitiously balkanise South Africa along racial lines destroying South Africa as a unitary State. A betrayal to Nelson Mandela's vision held by a overwhelming majority of South Africans. A pandora box that will ultimately bring international intervention into domestic affairs of our country. I therefore support the Bill as consistent with the spirit if not the letter of the National Constitution. | |
2026-08-13 17:23:14 +02:00 | Marjos | No I do not | Collective Rights vs. Individual Rights | ||
2026-08-12 16:39:34 +02:00 | Rudolf | No I do not | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | ||
2026-08-10 12:49:17 +02:00 | Casper | No I do not | All of the above | Collective Rights vs. Individual Rights | |
2026-08-06 18:55:19 +02:00 | Wouter | No I do not | Other |
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- Supporters, led by the MK Party, argue that Section 235 is a “dormant” provision that has never been turned into law. They believe it creates a “theoretical basis” for “territorial fragmentation” and allows communities like Orania to operate as “exclusionist enclaves” outside the spirit of a unified South Africa. For them, the Bill of Rights is the only protection needed for cultural and linguistic diversity.
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- Opponents, including the Cape Independence Party and the Freedom Front Plus, argue that Section 235 is a “non-derogable right” and a cornerstone of the 1994 constitutional settlement. They contend that individual rights (Sections 30 and 31) are fundamentally different from the collective right of a community to sustain and govern itself. They warn that removing this “safety valve” will not eliminate the demand for self-determination but will instead push it toward more radical, extra-constitutional paths.