Democratic Alliance

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.

LFN Says Enough: Why We Back CAPEXIT and OHM — and Why the DA Has Lost Our Trust

Leave a Comment / Constitution, Empowerment, Politics, Real Story / By Reyno De Beer / 07 Oct 2026 / African National Congress, ANC, Cape Independence Party, CapExit, DA, Democratic Alliance, LFN, Liberty Fighters, OHM, Organic Humanity Movement, Reyno De Beer, Western Cape

LFN has made its choice for the coming local government elections. In the Western Cape, we support CAPEXIT, while across the rest of South Africa, we support the Organic Humanity Movement (OHM). This is not about blind political allegiance — it is about supporting alternatives that seek to return power to communities, strengthen public participation and make government accountable to the people it is supposed to serve. We also explain why LFN has lost trust in both the ANC and DA, and why South Africans should stop believing they are limited to the same political choices election after election.

LFN Goes to Court: The Battle Over Your Personal Information Has Begun

Leave a Comment / Banks, Constitution, Legal, Legislation, Politics, Real Story, Uncategorized / By Reyno De Beer / 29 Sep 2026 / DA, Democratic Alliance, Digital ID, High Court, Identification Act, Identification Regulations, Leon Schreiber, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Reyno De Beer

LFN has officially taken South Africa’s identity-data battle to the High Court in Cape Town. What began as scrutiny of the proposed Digital ID system has now exposed a much deeper constitutional question: on what lawful terms may the State allow banks, insurers, public bodies and other institutions to access or verify information from the National Population Register? LFN is challenging the legal framework, the current regulations and the way systematic real-time and batch verification may be implemented, while calling for the full Rule 53 record to reveal how access to our personal information is actually authorised and controlled. The case also places the actions of DA Minister of Home Affairs Dr Leon Schreiber under direct judicial scrutiny, following the 2025 amendment to the verification-fee regime and the later 2026 Digital ID proposals. The full article explains why this case may reach far beyond Digital IDs — and why every South African should be paying attention.

How the Baboons Exposed the DA — and Put South Africa’s Legal Fraternity Under the Microscope

Leave a Comment / Animal Welfare, Environment, Legal, Legislation, Politics, Real Story / By Reyno De Beer / 12 Sep 2026 / Administrative Law, Animal Welfare, Baboon Conservation, Baboon Management, Baboon Relocation, Baboon Sanctuary, Cape Independence Party, Cape of Good Hope SPCA, Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team, Cape Peninsula Baboons, Cape Town Baboons, CapeNature, CapExit, City of Cape Town, Commissioner for the Environment, Constitutional Reform, Constitutional Rights, CPBMJTT, DA, DA Accountability, Data Centres, Democratic Alliance, Environmental Accountability, Environmental Approvals, Environmental Law, Government Overreach, Government Transparency, Holderness J, JSC, Judicial Accountability, Judicial Independence, Judicial Service Commission, Le Grange J, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Litigant Profiling, Mabindla-Boqwana JP, Pro Se Litigation, Public Interest Litigation, Public Participation, Recusal, Reyno De Beer, Rule of Law, SANParks, Self-Represented Litigants, South African Constitution, South African Courts, SPCA, Vexatious Litigation, Western Cape Baboons, Western Cape Constitution, Western Cape Government, Wildlife Protection

What began as a fight to protect Cape Peninsula baboons has exposed something far bigger: a constitutional environmental watchdog left vacant for decades, DA-led government structures pressing ahead with irreversible measures, a court case trapped in procedural battles, allegations of ‘litigant profiling’, punitive costs, and judicial conduct now before the JSC. The baboons did not create these problems — they merely led LFN far enough into the system to expose them.

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…