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LFN Exposes the Fine Print: South Africa’s Affidavits Are Heading into the Digital Unknown

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LFN has formally objected to South Africa’s proposed new oath and affirmation regulations — and what appears at first to be a routine legal update could fundamentally change the reliability of sworn evidence. Remote commissioning, pre-signed affidavits, typed names treated as signatures, undefined electronic platforms and inadequate identity safeguards are only some of the concerns. As South Africa moves deeper into the age of digital identity, LFN asks the question nobody should ignore: if the commissioner and deponent no longer need to be in the same room, how do we prove who actually swore to what?

LFN Follows a Typo — and Asks: Where Is South Africa’s New Incitement Bill?

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What began with LFN noticing a simple spelling error — “Offense” instead of “Offence” — opened a far more troubling question: where is the actual Conspiracy, Instigation and Incitement to Commit Offence Bill, 2026? Cabinet has approved this potentially far-reaching criminal-law Bill for introduction in Parliament, the Justice Minister has publicly explained what its clauses and Schedule supposedly contain, yet the actual Bill remains remarkably difficult for the public to access. With its roots in the segregation-era Riotous Assemblies Act and its potential implications for freedom of expression, protest and activism, LFN asks why nobody (either the MSM or popular social media platforms) appears to have demanded to read the legislation behind the headlines.

LFN Goes to Court: The Constitutional Battle Over South Africa’s Exchange Control Future

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Can Government rewrite South Africa’s exchange control laws without the proper constitutional authority? Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) believes that question deserves an urgent answer from the High Court. Our latest constitutional challenge is not about stopping financial reform — it is about ensuring that reform happens lawfully. Discover why this case could have far-reaching implications for the Rule of Law, public accountability, and every future exercise of government power. Read the full story, explore the court papers, and find out how interested organisations can participate.

LFN Raises the Red Flag: Can the Minister Legally Replace the Exchange Control Regulations?

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Can the Minister of Finance lawfully repeal South Africa’s 1961 Exchange Control Regulations and replace them with an entirely new Capital Flow Management framework? LFN believes this is not merely a technical drafting issue, but a fundamental question of constitutional legality and the rule of law. In its formal submission to National Treasury, LFN raises concerns that section 9(1) of the Currency and Exchanges Act, read together with the Interpretation Act and confirmed by the Constitutional Court, vests the regulation-making power in the President, not the Minister. Before South Africa embarks on a new era of exchange control, the public deserves a clear answer: who really has the legal authority to rewrite the rules?

Your Identity for Sale? LFN Challenges South Africa’s Hidden Data Regime

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For years, South Africans were told that our population-register information was protected by law. But after deeply analysing the current Identification Act and Regulations, LFN has uncovered what may be a massive constitutional defect hidden within the existing system itself. The shocking revelation? Long before Digital IDs even become fully operational, the current legal framework already appears to allow real-time and batch access to population-register information by various entities, without constitutionally adequate safeguards ever properly being prescribed.

This raises a terrifying question: Has our private information already been circulating for years without the public truly understanding the extent of it?

LFN has now formally placed the Minister of Home Affairs on terms to address this constitutional dilemma within 30 days, failing which constitutional proceedings may follow in the High Court. The implications could be enormous, potentially opening the door to some of the largest privacy and dignity claims South Africa has ever seen.

The full letter addressed to the Minister of Home Affairs can be found under this article.

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