Environment

From Cape Town to Pretoria: The Court Battles Behind LFN’s Silence

Leave a Comment / Environment, Health, Land, Legal, Real Story / By Reyno De Beer / 14 Mar 2026 / LFN, Liberty Fighters, Reyno De Beer

Liberty Fighters Network has been unusually quiet the past few weeks — but not because the work has slowed down. From urgent environmental litigation in the Western Cape to standing alone against taxpayer-funded legal teams in multiple courtrooms, the past weeks have been relentless. In this update, Reyno De Beer explains where LFN has been, the battles fought for members and the public interest, and why the organisation now urgently needs the support of its Liberators to keep the fight going.

LFN vs City, CapeNature & SANParks: High Court to Hear Urgent Baboon Governance Case

Leave a Comment / Constitution, Environment, Legal, Politics, Real Story / By Reyno De Beer / 17 Feb 2026 / action plan, Alan Winde, baboons, Cape Town, CapeNature, DA, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Reyno De Beer, SANParks, Western Cape, Western Cape Constitution

On Thursday, 19 February 2026 at 10h00, the High Court Western Cape Division, Cape Town will hear an urgent application brought by Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) against the Democratic Alliance (DA) run City of Cape Town, CapeNature and SANParks under case number 2026-024184.

At stake is not simply baboon management — but the legality, transparency and traceability of the Final Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Action Plan. LFN contends that irreversible implementation steps cannot proceed without clearly identified, lawfully authorised administrative decisions capable of judicial scrutiny. After the City and CapeNature refused to support a remote hearing, the matter will now be heard in open court. Members of the public are invited to attend.

LFN Takes On the DA: Western Cape Government Dragged to Court Over Baboon Plan

Leave a Comment / Constitution, Environment, Legal, Politics / By Reyno De Beer / 05 Feb 2026 / action plan, Alan Winde, baboons, Commissioner of the Environment, DA, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Reyno De Beer

Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) has launched an urgent High Court application against the DA-led Western Cape Government, including Premier Alan Winde, to halt irreversible actions contemplated under the so-called Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Action Plan. At the heart of the case is not only the fate of the Cape baboons, but the Western Cape Government’s bypassing of lawful environmental oversight, its failure to appoint the constitutionally required Commissioner for the Environment, and its use of task-team structures to obscure accountability. LFN says conservation cannot be reduced to political expediency, nor can permanent wildlife interventions be forced through while constitutional obligations are ignored.

LFN vs The Western Cape: The Battle to Restore the Environmental Commissioner the DA Buried

Leave a Comment / Constitution, Environment, Politics, Real Story / By Reyno De Beer / 10 Dec 2025 / DA, Joint Task Team, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Reyno De Beer, Western Cape, Western Cape Constitution

For 25 years the DA-led Western Cape has ignored its own Constitution by refusing to appoint the Commissioner for the Environment — a watchdog meant to protect this province’s residents from unlawful and unaccountable environmental decisions.

The baboon crisis has now exposed this failure. While the CPBMJTT operates without independence or legal authority, the constitutional oversight body has never been activated.

LFN and Monkey Valley have filed a formal constitutional complaint to revive this long-buried office. If authorities push ahead with irreversible actions, we will seek an urgent interdict to force lawful oversight at last.

This fight is no longer only about baboons.
It is about restoring the constitutional safeguard that the DA denied the Western Cape for a generation.