Personal message

The role of political parties is (supposedly) to represent the dreams and aspirations of citizens in Parliament and government. There is however no party that sees “the environment” as a major electoral issue: except The Greens. Section 24 of the Constitution guarantees “an environment that is not harmful to the health and wellbeing of South Africans”, but the current government does not appreciate this constitutional imperative. An unpolluted environment is of course the foundation on which a good quality of life, “a better life for all” is built: The Greens will ensure that this constitutionally guaranteed human right is protected and enforced! We are however facing the negative consequences of environmental degradation on a daily basis;

(1) climate change: floods in KZN, fires in W-Cape, drought in N-Cape,

(2) air pollution: high death rate due to the mining and burning of coal in Mpumalanga, and

(3) water pollution: sewage spills into the rivers and oceans in W-Cape, KZN and Gauteng.

The funds will be used;

(1) to register The Greens as a ‘national’ political party, by 15 Feb. 2024

(2) to make a Deposit to contest the elections for the National Parliament and Provincial Legislatures

(3) for advertising (posters, flyers, etc) during the election campaign

(4) for the printing of party documents (manifesto, etc)

Reward: Donations of R300+

E-Copy (PDF) of "South Africa's People's Parliament: The dream deferred"

This is the personal story of tenacity and survival of the only worker that was ever fired for political reasons in post-Apartheid South Africa! Shockingly, the employer was Parliament (RSA), supposedly the 'People's Parliament' of the Rainbow nation: the place where oppressive, abusive Apartheid laws would be replaced with laws based on human rights, respect and justice...

The South African Human Rights Commission found that the dismissal was unfair, illegal and unconstitutional. Mr Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected president, once said; "Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the (political) oppression of one by another." Madiba must be rolling in his grave…

Format of the book: mostly letters written to and received from various individual and organisations.