Land

LFN Opens a Can of Worms: Is the DA Pricing Cape Town Homeowners Out of Their Own Properties?

Leave a Comment / Constitution, Empowerment, Land, Legal, Real Story / By Reyno De Beer / 09 Oct 2026 / Cape Independence Party, Cape Town, CapExit, City of Cape Town, CoGTA Minister, Constantia, DA, Democratic Alliance, Ga-Rankuwa, Geordin Hill-Lewis, Jack Miller, Judy Sole, Kempton Park, Kommetjie, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Litigant Profiling, Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, Locom Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others v Msunduzi Municipality and Another, Lungelo Mbandazayo, Lyndith Waller, Minister of Cooperative Governance, Municipal Property Rates Act, Nicole Barlow, Niels Severin, Noordhoek, OR Tambo International Airport, PAJA, Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, property valuations, Reyno De Beer, Sarietha Engelbrecht, Soshanguve, Tokai, valuation profiling, valuation roll, Velenkosini Hlabisa, Wanga Shabane

LFN has opened a can of worms in the DA-led City of Cape Town over skyrocketing municipal property valuations that threaten to price ordinary homeowners out of their own properties. What began as a simple demand for transparency has already prompted responses from the Executive Mayor’s office, the City’s legal department and the national Minister of Cooperative Governance. With concerns mounting over wealthy foreign investors, questionable valuations and escalating property rates, LFN is demanding answers to a fundamental question: How can government demand more money from property owners without properly explaining how their properties were valued? If the authorities fail to address these constitutional concerns, LFN is prepared to take the fight to court.

From Victory Lap to Legal Boomerang: LFN’s Court Win Against the DA and Minister Dean Macpherson

Leave a Comment / Land, Legal, Real Story / By Reyno De Beer / 20 Jun 2026 / Anton Katz SC, Democratic Alliance, Expropriation Act, Functus officio, Goliath DJP, Karrisha Pillay SC, Le Grange J, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Minde Schapiro & Smith, Minister Dean Macpherson, Reyno De Beer

The Democratic Alliance and its Minister Dean Macpherson thought they had scored a decisive victory against Liberty Fighters Network. Armed with senior counsel, State Attorneys, and a punitive court order, the Minister publicly celebrated what appeared to be a crushing defeat for LFN and its President, Reyno De Beer. But while the victory lap was underway, another court process was quietly unfolding behind the scenes. What happened next changed everything. After considering submissions from both sides, Goliath DJP ruled that the Court was functus officio and granted no costs order against LFN and De Beer, striking at the very heart of the narrative the DA and its Minister had been promoting. This is the remarkable story of how a volunteer-driven public interest organisation, standing virtually alone against a well-funded political party, a government minister, senior advocates, attorneys, and the weight of the legal establishment, refused to back down. From courtroom confrontations and procedural battles to conflicting judicial outcomes and a ministerial celebration that may have come far too soon, this is a legal drama that every South African who cares about justice, accountability, and access to the courts should read.

Now read the full story, which would inspire you not to vote for the DA ever again…

The Tide Is Turning: LFN Makes Further Impact Against Banking Overreach

Leave a Comment / Banks, Constitution, Land, Legal, Real Story / By Reyno De Beer / 15 May 2026 / Ivana Bands, LFN, Liberty Fighters, National Credit Act, NCA, Reyno De Beer, Standard Bank

LFN and the Strydom Family have returned from the Gqeberha High Court encouraged after a strong hearing against Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, where significant questions were directed at the bank’s legal team while ordinary South Africans were afforded a respectful and fair opportunity to be heard. The matter, which concerns constitutional property rights and banking conduct, marks another important step in LFN’s ongoing efforts to challenge institutional overreach and defend the rights of citizens against powerful financial interests. Judgment has been reserved, but LFN remains confident that meaningful progress continues to be made in South Africa’s courts through persistence, courage, and public support.

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 Withdraws Amicus in Expropriation Case – DA Minister Pushes Costs

Leave a Comment / Constitution, Land, Legal, Politics / By Reyno De Beer / 24 Feb 2026 / DA, Democratic Alliance, Expropriation Act, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Minister of Public Works, Reyno De Beer

Tomorrow, Liberty Fighters Network will attend court following a call by the presiding judge — not because a live dispute remains, but out of respect for the institution.

What should have been a concluded matter has now escalated into a direct confrontation with the Democratic Alliance’s Minister Dean McPherson. LFN maintains that a lawfully withdrawn application cannot be resurrected through political insistence or procedural pressure.

This appearance is bigger than one case.

It is a public test of whether the Democratic Alliance still upholds constitutional principle — or whether it has become indistinguishable from the governance conduct it once opposed.

The public is invited to follow the proceedings closely.