CAPE PARTY

The Cape Partnership

Our Manifesto for a Strong and Prosperous Cape

CONTENTS

1. Intro to Cape Party

2. Jack Miller - Message from the Presidential Council

3. Vision for the Cape Republic

4. History of the Cape

5. Legal

6. Our Contract with the Cape – Policies

Direct Democracy

Crime

BEE and AA (institutionalised racism)

Employment

Housing

Education

Economics

Illegal Immigration

Corruption

Media Freedom

Internet Freedom

Energy

Trade/Ports (air, rail, sea)

Culture

7. Adrian Kay – ‘Take a Stand – Cape Independence’

8. Quote – Mahatma Ghandi

Intro to Cape Party

The Cape Party was founded in 2007.

In 2008, the Cape Party was officially registered with the Independent Electoral Commission

(IEC) as a political party in the Republic of South Africa.

The Cape Party will use all constitutional, legal and peaceful means to bring into effect the

independence and self-determination of the Cape from the Republic of South Africa.

If the Cape Party receives a majority vote in an election within the Cape territory this will be an

official mandate from the people of the Cape to declare the Cape a free and independent

Republic, the Cape Republic.

The Cape Republic will be governed as an independent state.

The Cape people will form the nation of the Cape Republic and actively engage in the

democratic and legal processes involved in the governance of the Cape.

Sound political and economic policies will further our aspirations to join the prosperous nations

of the world. We envision a system of direct democracy, and a peaceful and prosperous lifestyle

for all people of the Cape.

Message from the Presidential Council

Jack Miller

Cape Party Founder

(NEC, Presidential Council, Leader)

Good People of the Cape,

It is with great pleasure that we at the Cape Party launch into this year with our focus set on the

2011 Municipal Elections. The upcoming elections provide us with an opportunity to take great

steps towards our end goal of establishing the Cape Republic.

The mainstream media and established political parties have been trying their utmost to keep

the Cape Party silent and to shut down our message of Cape independence. Fortunately, there

comes a time when the people of the land unite to express their will by casting their vote on the

political system and the structures of power that govern the state. Change becomes possible.

To date, it has made little to no difference who the citizens of the Cape have cast their ballot for.

The status quo in South Africa does not change. The ANC regime governs with total control

while the opposition offers no protection for minorities and no resistance to the centralised ANC

government.

The selfish motives of politicians driving a political system that is as racially divisive and

oppressive as the others that have plagued this land since the British Empire forced the Union of

South Africa upon us in 1910 can only be changed if we choose freedom.

The Cape can be a prosperous, free and independent country with laws and policies that judge

our citizens not on their skin colour but on their moral value, work ethic and the content of their

character.

Together, the Cape Republic is just a vote away.

But time is running out…

Vision for The Cape Republic

The Cape Republic is roughly the size of France, has a GDP of R 293 Billion, and in virtually all

measures performs better than any province in South Africa. It is worth mentioning that for

every R100 the Cape sends to the Treasury, only R58 returns . An independent Cape is a much

more viable economic entity than South Africa.

In addition we have a long history of not being a part of South Africa. Many people believe that

South Africa has passed the tipping point and that Independence for the Cape is the only viable

solution. Successful examples: former USSR (15 countries), Yugoslavia (7 Countries),

Czechoslavakia (2 countries) and the peaceful secession of South Sudan only a month ago.

The Cape Party firmly believes that policies are neither left nor right, but rather right or wrong

and 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.

The Cape Party believes 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, corruption, and collusion

with special interests. Often the public interest is sold out by political parties and politicians

simply because of the need to get elected.

We thus favour Direct Democracy and the system of recall, referendum and nullification based

on the Swiss model of government. Power must be devolved from bumbling bureaucrats to the

people who should have greater control over their communities, towns and cities.

The 20thcentury taught the world that smaller is better. Smaller states are better governed,

better run, more accountable and more cohesive than bigger super states which invariably fail

due to their size, and often due to their bloated bureaucracy.

Our challenge now is to share the message with our fellow citizens that the country we always

longed for is possible.

The History of the Cape.

Going back into recorded history Southern Africa was largely populated by the nomadic Khoisan

people. The Bantu migration from Northern and Central Africa resulted in the extensive

displacement of the Khoisan as the Bantu tribes (primarily Nguni) expanded southward. The Khoisan

resisted the Bantu migration up to the borders that today form the Cape. The Cape of Good Hope

was first charted in 1488 by the Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Diaz. The first European

settlement in the region took place in 1652 when settlers under Jan van Riebeeck established Cape

Town as a Refreshment Station for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) en route to its colonies in

the East Indies.

The Khoisan were integrated into Dutch settlements as the Cape of Good Hope expanded. In the

1660’s the VOC brought slaves from India, Ceylon, and Batavia (modern Day Indonesia) and East

Africa. The Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Indian Ocean to the East served as the umbilical cords

which still tie the Cape to the European and Asian societies which gave it birth in its modern form.

The Cape was a confluence of a large variety of people, and it was soon characterised by people of

mixed heritage. The Cape and its melting pot society symbolized true diversity and the language

Afrikaans is as rich and diverse as the people who created it. This diverse mixture of heritage, culture

and language can even be seen in the fact that many Kaaplanders that are considered “white” can

trace their genetics back to the Khoisan and slave ancestors. The Cape is the true “Rainbow Nation”

we only have to look into our pasts to realize it.

The Cape territory expanded as far East as the Fish River where first contact between the

Kaaplanders and the South-Westerly expanding Xhosa were made in 1779.

The Cape fell into the hands of the British in 1806. The Cape remained under British control from

1806 until 1872 after which it attained self-governance. The Cape enjoyed self-governance until

1910 before the British Empire forced the Union of South Africa after defeating the Boer Republics in

the South African War. The Union of South Africa consisted of the Cape and Natal Colonies and the

Republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. Lesotho, a British protectorate, chose not to join

the Union and gained independence in 1966. Swaziland, originally included in the Transvaal Republic

gained independence from Britain in 1968. These two independent countries account for the two

“holes” in the present map of South Africa, while the other four previously autonomous entities

remain to make up what is today regarded as the Republic of South Africa.

From 1910 until 1948 the Union of South Africa was a dominion of the British Empire. In the 1920’s

South Africa pursued its Sovereign Independence from Britain. In 1948 political power shifted to the

extreme Nationalist Party. With the NP’s interests largely invested in the Transvaal region, The ‘Nat’

government was quick to implement racial laws under a policy it called “Apartheid”. Until that time

the Cape Province had been the only province that had allowed a non – white franchise for elections

and for 300 years had been unsegregated. In the 1950’s the Apartheid government abolished this

right. In 1953 the NP government removed so-called “Cape coloureds” from the ‘Common Roll of

Cape Province’ and coloureds were only allowed to vote for four white parliamentary

representatives. This was met with outrage in the Cape and an organisation called the ‘Torch

Commandos’, led by the acclaimed fighter pilot Adolph “Sailor” Malan, launched mass protests

against the government. At the height of the protests the Torch Commandos comprised 250 000

white members all demanding an end to the governments racist policies and that voting rights be

returned to coloureds. But the Apartheid government stonewalled the protests, and by 1968 “Cape

coloureds” were not only completely removed from the voters roll, but also had their homes

demolished and faced forced evictions under the Group Areas act.

Sailor Malan (right) leader of the ‘Torch Commando’ protests against the NP government’s race

policies.

The NP government managed to hold onto power until 1994 after local and international pressure

forced them to end Apartheid and hold elections of universal suffrage. This saw the rapid rise to

power of the African National Congress. Although the ANC had promised to bring an end to racism in

South Africa with the cry of a ‘rainbow nation’, the reality was that discrimination had been

redirected towards minority groups. The ANC government introduced such policies as Black

Economic Empowerment, Affirmative Action, Transformation, Redistribution and Quota’s which

would ensure that every aspect of society would be structured on racial lines. The economy,

education, politics, businesses, national monopolies (Eskom, Telkom), the media (SABC, mainstream

newspapers) everything through to sport would be structured on an ever-increasing racial quota. In

effect, the true ‘rainbow nation’ of South Africa, the ethnically diverse Cape, would be the worst

affected by the ANC’s racist policies.

The Cape, in spite of her long linguistic and cultural history, lost her independence in 1910 to a

colonial mistake that forced together neighbouring lands in order to suit the needs of the British

Empire. In 1948 this forced Union fell into the hands of a totalitarian and racist government. In 1994

the levers of power were handed over from one totalitarian racist government to another, where

discrimination had simply changed its shade. The good people of this Union have suffered under

immoral governance in one or another shape or form since its conception in 1910 up until this

present day.

“The Cape Party will return the Cape to its rightful independence

and once and for all bring an end to the racism and oppression suffered

under this colonial Union

Legal

The right to self-determination is a universal and intrinsic human right. Governments govern by

the consent of the governed. If the people wish to change the state under which they consent to

live then it is their decision, and their decision alone, to change it according to their own needs

and desires.

Legal institutions, chapters and constitutions the World over recognise and guarantee this right.

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa

Chapter 14. Section 235.

Recognises and Guarantees

“… the right of self-determination of any community sharing a common cultural and language

heritage, within a territorial entity in the Republic …”

The Cape fulfils all of the necessary criteria to achieve self-determination

(independence).

United Nations Charter 1945

Chapter I: Purposes and Principles

Article 1

The Purposes of the United Nations are:

…

2. To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights

and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen

universal peace;

…

United Nations

Self Determination: Principle & The Law

Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

Adopted by the UN General Assembly

Resolution 1514 (XV), 14 December 1960

Declaration

…

2. All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely

determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural

development.

…

5. Immediate steps shall be taken, in Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories or all other

territories which have not yet attained independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of

those territories, without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with their freely

expressed will and desire, without any distinction as to race, creed or colour, in order to

enable them to enjoy complete independence and freedom.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

G.A. res. 2200A (XXI), 21 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 16) at 52, U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S.

171, entered into force Mar. 23, 1976.

PART I

Article I

1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine

their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.

2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources

without prejudice to any obligations arising out of international economic co-operation, based

upon the principle of mutual benefit, and international law. In no case may a people be deprived

of its own means of subsistence.

3. The States Parties to the present Covenant, including those having responsibility for the

administration of Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote the realization of the

right of self-determination, and shall respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the

Charter of the United Nations

African Union (OAU)

African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights

Self Determination

Article 20

1. All peoples shall have the right to existence. They shall have the unquestionable and

inalienable right to self- determination. They shall freely determine their political

status and shall pursue their economic and social development according to the policy

they have freely chosen.

2. Colonized or oppressed peoples shall have the right to free themselves from the bonds

of domination by resorting to any means recognized by the international community.

3. All peoples shall have the right to the assistance of the States parties to the present

Charter in their liberation struggle against foreign domination, be it political,

economic or cultural.

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Further legal documentation recognising the right to self-determination

(secession/independence/autonomy) can be found amongst a great number of sources,

however for the purpose of this manifesto there is more than sufficient excess detailing the

legal framework which supports and guarantees the inalienable human right to self-

determination.

(If direction toward further legal documentation supporting self-determination is necessary,

contact the Head Office.)

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Our Contract with the Cape

Preamble

At the Cape Party we believe that government is a service rendered to the people and paid for

by them too. To serve as a public representative is the highest honour society can bestow on

any individual, whether that be in government or opposition. We thus commit to carrying out

our duties as elected representatives in a manner that remains always true to our cause and

ensures that the people of the Cape are put first before all else.

We offer a partnership, that together we may build towards a better Cape for us and our

children. The Cape Party endeavours to improve the Cape and the lives of its citizens in as many

faculties as is possible in the immediate and medium term. However, we remain vigilant in our

vision for the future, where following Cape independence and the unshackling of the

overbearing central policies of the current state will allow for the large-scale upliftment and

widespread prosperity of all of the Cape and its people.

The Cape Republic will be a land where efficient and accountable governance ensures that

services are delivered at levels of the highest standard, and where our diverse people are valued

not on their skin colour but their ethic and effort.

Cape Party in Blikkiesdorp: A Cape community displaced by the government and forgotten in the unacceptable

conditions of the all too familiar informal settlements.

Policies

Direct Democracy (referendum, initiative, re-call, nullification)

Direct Democracy is the system whereby the government is held in total account

to the citizens they serve. Power is localised to individual communities who have

greater authority over the areas they live in. Laws are introduced, passed and/or

rejected by a majority vote of the people. Corrupt politicians are removed and

prosecuted at the will of the people and complete transparency ensures that

each of the tax-payers cents is accounted for and spent as it should.

Crime

The basic function of a government is to secure the safety of its citizens. It is

clear that the South African government, the police system and the criminal

justice system has failed the people they serve.

The Cape Party believes that serious offenders should face the harshest of

penalties. Referenda should be held to bring the punitive criminal system in line

with the will of the people. The prison system acts as a mere welfare house and

breeding ground for gangsterism, with murderers and rapists released after

serving a fraction of the sentences for which their crimes should be punished.

Minor offenders are incarcerated amongst the worst criminals with no

consideration given to the damage they may suffer.

Our immediate plan:

Increase the numbers of the Metro police by 150%

Cut the bureaucracy and increase policing of high risk crime areas.

Prioritize serious offences and not petty crimes.

Housing

Housing is matter of human dignity and not of politics and political

considerations. Without proper housing, no family or individual can function.

Strong families make strong societies and will form the backbone of any

prosperous country.

We believe that housing should be given to citizens on a “first come first served”

basis and according to need. Racial politics should not form any part of the

process of state funded housing. Under a Cape Party government, title deeds will

be given for those tenants who have lived in state housing for more than 20

years. Privately owned properties are well looked after as owners take personal

care to preserve their property. That should be the ideal, and we will strive to

ensure that economic conditions are present so that more people can enter the

workforce, access credit and own and develop their own property.

Many of our poorer neighbourhoods are in fact broken societies in which a cycle

of unemployment, drugs, lack of education and abuse exists. To break that cycle,

proper housing and clean neighbourhoods is fundamental in the plan to deal

with the pressing issues that confront our broken societies in the Cape.

Our plan:

Title Deeds for existing council tenants of more than 20 years

No racial quotas in housing

Houses will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis

Promote private ownership of housing

Education

Education is the bedrock of society and is finely woven into the fabric of family

and community. Our children need to grow up in dignified housing with strong

families who can form a partnership with government to further their children’s

potential. Government cannot do this alone, when the Cape Party is in

government we will make the “education partnership” the cornerstone of our

policy. Parents are the pillar of an education partnership, and community based

efforts will be fundamental to the building of a strong educational system.

We need to prioritize skills that have economic value and nurture a work ethic

that will make our economy an attractive option for foreign investment, thereby

giving people secure jobs, an income that allows them to purchase property and

give their children a life of dignity.

Our Plan:

Less bureaucratic paperwork for teachers and more time spent teaching

Decreased class sizes

Promotion of private schools in low-income areas in line with current

trends.

Prioritizing of skills towards meaningful education of economic value.

Reintroduction of the apprentice system

Vouchers and subsidies for performing students in low-income areas.

Full tuition subsidies for Pure Maths and Science and IT students who

score distinction in these subjects.

BEE and AA (institutionalised racism)

The Cape Party believes in equal opportunity for all citizens, and would bring

about an end to all racial legislation, quotas, and policies that Pretoria is

enforcing on the Cape. Racial profiling and discrimination has no place in the 21st

Century.

Up to one million (1 000 000) people of the Cape are currently facing job losses

as a result of the ANC’s Employment Equity Act which directly discriminates

against the coloured, white and Indian racial groups in South Africa. The Cape

Party vehemently opposes this blatantly racist policy. On the immediate term we

will simply refuse to implement it in the Cape, and it will have no place in an

independent Cape.

Employment

People create employment, not government. Laws which prevent people from

becoming entrepreneurs or employers and drive the most skilled of the

countries workforce abroad result in the shrinking economy and the large-scale

loss of jobs we are currently facing. Government’s duty is to nurture job-creation

not deter it through policies that discriminate, bureaucratic red-tape that over-

burdens and taxes that debilitate. Studies have showed that one skilled labourer

on average provides employment for 10 unskilled labourers*. With over one

million skilled labourers having left South Africa over the past 15 years the

accumulative loss of employment to the country is staggering. South Africa has

one of the highest burdening tax systems in the world, with comparatively

abysmal returns in services and this during one of the toughest economic

periods. These policies will have to end in order to reverse this trend of skilled

emigration and resultant unemployment.

* (Human Capital Flight: Stratification,Globalization, and the Challenges to Tertiary Education in Africa;

Benno J. Ndulu; JHEA/RESA Vol. 2, No. 1, 2004, pp. 57–91)

Illegal Immigration

A government that cannot secure its own borders or preserve the right of a

citizen to the resources of his/her own country is failing its fundamental function

and is no longer legitimate. The country is crippled with approximately 30%

unemployment*, yet is flooded with unskilled illegal immigrants entering the

country who consume limited resources. The Cape Party will enforce a strong

border as this is fundamental to the preservation of citizen’s rights to the

resources of their country.

*(broad definition)

Corruption

The South African state is a kleptocracy, where those in positions of power

actively use this to promote their financial interests and those of their families,

cronies and political friends. Nepotism is rife, the downward spiral so great, and

the looting so profound that the South African government’s R979 Billion budget

is essentially a feeding frenzy for cadres and cronies of the ANC.

This must end immediately. Entire populations and communities are crumbling

due to the failure of the state to deliver services. Corruption and wasteful

spending are bleeding our pockets dry and the Cape Party will stop this.

Media Freedom

Freedom of speech is paramount to the axiom of true democracy and individual

freedom. It is a citizen’s right to express him/herself freely without censorship or

limitation not just in verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and

imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium. Citizen’s should have

free access to information and it is the duty of the media to ensure that the

unbiased and impartial reporting of that information is made available to the

public with timeous delivery and without any fear of censorship.

Internet Freedom

The Internet is one of the most powerful forms of human expression in the 21st

Century. It is driven by people and ideas. As with the God-given human right to

freedom of speech and the freedom of association the Internet, which is a

medium to express these human rights, should be protected from any

constraint, limitation or censorship.

Energy

Energy is fundamental to the basic functioning of any modern society. It should

be produced with the utmost efficiency through systems of the utmost

competence and distributed at the most affordable cost to afford each and every

citizen its use. The development of means by which energy supplies will be

increased without negatively effecting the environment in its production will be

paramount.

A wealth of world class and ingenuitive means to produce energy has risen to

the fore in recent years. The Cape is uniquely positioned to benefit from all such

developments ranging from amongst others, solar, wind and tidal energy and

with the appropriate attention could become a world leader in such

developments. Surpluses in energy allow for the expansion of an economy as the

cost to power reduces and the availability increases. Reduces in the cost of

energy provide economic relief to all citizens from the richest to the poorest,

with relative benefits being most pronounced in the poorer communities.

Trade/Ports (air, rail, sea)

A country’s ports are the open hands with which we greet our partners be they

in the form of the tourism industry, business or commercial trade. A country’s

ports should ensure that its citizens are free to expand the goods available

within its borders at the most affordable prices. It should also allow the industry

of its citizens to sell its goods abroad with as minimal a cost to the exporter as

possible. Trade should be open, free and fair allowing for the expanse of the

country’s economy, the resultant increase in employment as well as the increase

in the prosperity of its citizens.

Culture

The Cape Party recognises the unique culture stemming from the far reaching

history of the Cape and its people. Overt efforts from all levels of government,

both National and Provincial, have marginalised the entrenched traditions which

add the colour and life that has become synonymous with the Cape.

We will ensure that Cape culture is given paramount importance through the

rightful recognition of our traditions, beliefs and values.

Our Plan:

Reinstitute the ‘Tweede Nuwe Jaar’ as a recognised day of celebration by

reinstating January 2nd as an official public holiday. In rightful addition

allowing the internationally popular troops of the ‘Minstrel Parade’ the

freedom to perform our unique celebratory displays of ‘song and dance’

through the City of Cape Town. This is an expression of Cape identity and

adds value to our economy. The ‘Mardis Gras’ parade in Brazil should be

seen as a similar example where a festival of such global allure brings

exposure and finance from tourists and sponsors the world over.

The syllabus of the Cape education system should be adjusted to give

appropriate attention to the long history of the Cape, our varied people

and as a result our colourful culture. This should balance the currently

one-sided approach to history that focuses solely on a history that begins

and ends with the ANC.

Cape Town ‘Minstrel Troop’ from 1933

Take a stand: Cape Independence

Adrian Kay

Cape Party strategist

(NEC, Presidential Council)

The crime wave, and racially offensive legislation have forced many to accept the idea of

planning a future in foreign lands. An alienation of culture and an offensive against language and

cultural institutions have loosened the bonds of minority South Africans to the land of their

birth. Increasingly people are deciding to pack up and seek lives abroad. Some grow homesick

and return only to be hit again by the tide of crime and more alienation. It is clear that in time to

come we will no longer have a place to call home, a place we identify with. The vast and unique

history of the Cape will be lost forever unless we take a stand to preserve our values and

identity instead of succumbing to the imposition of foreign values and identity. To wait would

be folly, inaction we can least afford if we are ever to prevail against those who would destroy

our way of life.

Take a stand.

The Cape Party

“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.”

- Mahatma Ghandi -

Cape Party – Kaapse Party

www.capeparty.com – cape@capeparty.com

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