THE ROAD TO 2026
The Cape Republic is roughly the size of France, has a GDP of over R400 Billion, and in virtually
all measures performs better than any province in South Africa. It is worth mentioning that of
the R325 Billion the Western Cape sends to the national treasury a mere R75 Billion is returned.
R250 Billion remains in the national sphere of government which is controlled by the ANC. We
are being financially bled dry. The fact is that an independent Cape is far more economically
viable than the Republic of South Africa.
We firmly believe that policies are neither left nor right, but rather right or wrong. As such we use the world as our laboratory to see which models succeed and which fail. We look to imitate the economic freedom of Singapore and the grassroots democracy of Switzerland. Our policy of immigration by invitation is practiced by all major countries and we wish to replicate this in an independent Cape Republic.
We believe that Representative Democracy (i.e., the system that elects representatives to parliament through political parties) has failed. It is an outdated and ineffective means of governing a country and lends itself to secrecy and corruption. The public interest is sold out by political parties in favour of personal gain or for the benefit of special interest groups.
We thus favour Direct Democracy and a system of referendum, initiative, recall and nullification based on the Swiss model of government. Political power is decentralized and returned to its root: the voter, the tax-payer, the citizen. The 20th century taught the world that smaller is better. Smaller states are better governed, better run, more cohesive and more accountable than larger super states which invariably fail due to their size. Our challenge now is to share the message with our fellow citizens that the country we always longed for is possible.
The Cape is being economically violated.
Meet DORA.
The Division of Revenue Act/Bill is an account of all of the revenue collected in South Africa
through direct and indirect taxes. It is broken into National, Provincial and Local spheres of
government.
In decentralized countries/federations your local allocations of revenue are higher than your
national allocations. Therefore, local communities have more money and more control over
how it is spent.
In centralized systems of government your national allocations are higher than your local
allocations. Therefore, local communities have less money and less control over how it is spent.
Here is South Africa’s division of revenue through the three spheres of government: Total revenue collected: R1.3 trillion – National Allocation: R855 Billion (65%)- Provincial Allocation: R410 Billion (30%) – Local Allocation: R52 Billion (5%)
This is an extremely centralized system, and it does not work. So, how much are we losing?
The Western Cape pays: R325 Billion – The Western Cape gets: R75 Billion – We are allocated a mere 24% of what we pay in The other 76% is controlled by the National sphere of government, in other words, the ANC! We “survive” on R75 Billion!
If we were independent, we would have an additional R140 Billion at our direct disposal!
In an independent Cape we could cut taxes in half…
…and still double services!
Section 235 of the South African Constitution allows for the right to self-determination. South Africa is also bound signatory to the United Nations Charter and the African Union Charter that allows for a group of people, bound by culture or language to govern themselves if they can muster 50% + 1 support in a referendum.
Ireland seceded from UK
Austria seceded from Germany
Belgium seceded from Netherlands
Texas seceded from Mexico
Pakistan seceded from British India
Netherlands seceded from Spain
Eritera seceded from Ethiopia
Finland seceded from Russia
Bangladesh seceded from Pakistan
South Sudan seceded from Sudan
So can we!