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Submitted | first-name | support | concern | top-concern | message |
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2026-04-19 10:44:50 +02:00 | Christo | No I do not | All of the above | Redundancy: The Bill of Rights is Sufficient | I do not support this bill because the MK is trying to erase history because they dint like history. If they remove self determination rights and property rights which is the backbone of an economy., the country will fail! |
2026-04-19 10:44:34 +02:00 | Gail | No I do not | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | Repealing the section is a move to “shut down” a promise made during the transition, potentially undermining the trust between different communities and the state. South Africans do not want an authoritarian dictatorship | |
2026-04-19 10:38:13 +02:00 | Justin | No I do not | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | Redundancy: The Bill of Rights is Sufficient | It has been a fundamental part of the constitution since the beginning, this is just an attempt by the Mk party to undermine peaceful enclaves like Orania. They have always been against Orania and this is about nothing more than that. |
2026-04-19 10:25:24 +02:00 | Audrey | No I do not | All of the above | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | |
2026-04-19 10:24:20 +02:00 | Derrick | No I do not | All of the above | Collective Rights vs. Individual Rights | I support the right of the people in Orania to self-determination and to live out their culture, language, and beliefs peacefully. I believe every group and individual should have the freedom to pursue their way of life, just as I value the freedom to live mine and associate with whomever I choose. Respect for others means we don’t have to agree on everything, but we can coexist without interfering in each other’s communities. For that reason, I don’t support the MK party’s position on removing Section 235 from our Constitution, nor the proposals under the 24th Amendment Bill that would impact it. Section 235 protects the right to self-determination for communities, and that principle matters in a diverse country like ours. Upholding it helps ensure all South Africans feel their identity and choices are respected under the law. We build a stronger South Africa when we protect each other’s freedoms while treating one another with dignity. |
2026-04-19 10:10:24 +02:00 | Leon | No I do not | All of the above | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | |
2026-04-19 10:04:48 +02:00 | Lindie | No I do not | All of the above | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | |
2026-04-19 10:03:55 +02:00 | Klaus | No I do not | All of the above | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | ISIPHETHO SOMPHAKATHI ESIBHALWE NGOMPHAKATHI Isihloko: Ukuphikisa ukususwa okuhlongozwayo kweSigaba 235 kuMthethosisekelo Ngithumela lokhu ukuphikisa kwami ngokususwa okuhlongozwayo kweSigaba 235 kuMthethosisekelo weRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu Afrika, 1996. ISigaba 235 siqinisekisa ukuthi imiphakathi eyabelana ngamagugu olimi namasiko afanayo ingasebenzisa ilungelo lokuzibusa ngaphakathi kweRiphabhulikhi. Ukususwa kwalesi sigaba kubonakala njengokulungisa kwezobuchwepheshe kuphela, kodwa empeleni kubonisa ushintsho olujulile lomthethosisekelo—ukusuka ekuqapheliseni ukuzimela kwemiphakathi kuya ekuhlanganisweni kwamandla kuhulumeni omkhulu. Lolu shintsho luthwala ingozi enkulu emiphakathini emnyama yaseNingizimu Afrika, lapho izinhlelo zokuphatha umhlaba, ubuholi, namasiko zisekelwe ezinhlelweni zomphakathi ezihlanganyelwe. Izikhungo ezifana ne-Ingonyama Trust azizona izakhiwo ezingaqondakali; ziyizinhlelo eziphilayo lapho izigidi zabantu zithola umhlaba, zixazulula izingxabano, futhi zigcina ukuqhubeka kwamasiko azo. Ukususwa kokuvikelwa okucacile komthethosisekelo kokuzibusa komphakathi kungaholela ekutheni lezi zinhlelo kancane kancane zifakwe ngaphansi kwezinhlelo zikahulumeni ezifanayo nezingenzi mehluko. Uma kubhekwa kanye nezingxoxo ezikhulayo mayelana nokuguqulwa komhlaba, kuhlanganise nezinhlelo zokuthathwa komhlaba ngaphandle kwembuyiselo, ukususwa kweSigaba 235 kudala ingozi ebonakalayo: yokuthi imiphakathi ingase ithole ukuthi izinqumo ezithinta umhlaba wayo nokuphatha kwayo sezithathwa ngaphandle kwemvume yayo eqondile. Lokhu kuthinta ngqo umbuzo wokuthi ingabe imiphakathi isagcina amandla ayo phezu komhlaba wayo, noma lelo gunya selidluliselwa ezikhungweni ezimaphakathi. UMqulu Wamalungelo uvikela amalungelo abantu ngabanye, kodwa awuthathi indawo yesidingo sokuvikelwa okucacile kwamalungelo omphakathi njengamaqoqo. ISigaba 235 sinikeza ibhalansi ebalulekile, siqinisekisa ukuthi ubunye eNingizimu Afrika abudingi ukufana okuphelele, nokuthi ubunikazi bomphakathi kanye nokuzimela kunendawo esemthethweni ngaphakathi komthethosisekelo. Ukususwa kwalesi sigaba kungase kudlulise umyalezo—kungaba ngenhloso noma cha—wokuthi izinhlelo zomphakathi, ikakhulukazi lezo ezisemiphakathini emnyama, azizinzile noma zingaphansi kwezinye izinhlelo. Lokhu kungakhulisa ukungathembani futhi kujulise ukuhlukana ngesikhathi lapho ukubumbana kwezwe kubalulekile khona. Ekugcineni, ngicela ngokuhlonipha ukuthi iSigaba 235 sigcinwe. Ukususwa kwaso kudala ingozi engadingekile yomthethosisekelo, kwehlisa ukuvikelwa kwezinhlelo zomphakathi, futhi kungaba nemiphumela engalindelekile ekuzinzeni, ekwethembaneni, nasekubumbaneni komphakathi waseNingizimu Afrika. Kuthunyelwe ngenhlonipho. |
2026-04-19 09:57:56 +02:00 | Laurens | No I do not | All of the above | Collective Rights vs. Individual Rights | |
2026-04-19 09:42:57 +02:00 | Pieter | No I do not | All of the above | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | |
2026-04-19 09:42:47 +02:00 | Helen | No I do not | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | ||
2026-04-19 09:42:12 +02:00 | Carlos | No I do not | All of the above | Redundancy: The Bill of Rights is Sufficient | Not supporting |
2026-04-19 09:33:38 +02:00 | Janet | No I do not | All of the above | Collective Rights vs. Individual Rights | |
2026-04-19 09:20:42 +02:00 | Heleen | No I do not | All of the above | Redundancy: The Bill of Rights is Sufficient | Individual rights (Sections 30 and 31) are fundamentally different from the collective right of a community to sustain and govern itself. Removing this “safety valve” will not eliminate the demand for self-determination but will instead push it toward more radical, extra-constitutional paths. |
2026-04-19 08:56:28 +02:00 | Primrose | No I do not | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement |
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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.