Liberty Fighters

Five Judgments Cannot Erase 32 Years of Fighting for Justice

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By Reyno De Beer / 13 Oct 2026 / Abuse of Court Processes, Access to Justice, Baboon Management Action Plan, Cape Peninsula Baboons, Constitutional Rights, Court Judgments, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Activism, Judicial Accountability, Judicial Bias, Judicial Reform, Judicial Service Commission, Legal Intimidation, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Liberty Fighters Network, Litigant Profiling, Public Interest Litigation, Reyno De Beer, Self-Represented Litigants, Social Justice, South African Judiciary

Thirty-two years of human rights activism. Thousands of legal disputes. Five adverse judgments repeatedly used to discredit an entire lifetime of fighting for justice. Yet, despite numerous costs orders, LFN and I have never paid a single cent towards them, and our work continues. What began as a seemingly innocent WhatsApp enquiry about our Cape Peninsula baboon litigation quickly exposed a disturbing pattern of personal attacks, misinformation and what I call “litigant profiling.” But can a handful of judgments really tell the whole story? And who benefits when activists fighting for the same cause turn against one another? In this deeply personal account, I expose what happens beyond the courtroom, challenge those determined to discredit our work, and explain why neither intimidation nor public ridicule will silence LFN’s commitment to justice.

Everyone Wants Their Rights Protected. But Who Protects Those Fighting for Them?

Leave a Comment / Real Story, Uncategorized / By Reyno De Beer / 10 Oct 2026 / donations, fundraising, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Reyno De Beer

Behind every legal battle LFN fights is a reality few people ever see. More than 100,000 views on our latest constitutional challenge, yet only around R900 in donations towards the costs of bringing it before court. While LFN continues assisting countless South Africans free of charge, the personal and financial sacrifices behind that commitment are enormous. In this deeply personal article, I share what life has been like for my family, the challenges we face, our gratitude towards those who keep us going, and why support does not always have to mean money. **We are not asking for sympathy, but perhaps it is time people understood what it really takes to defend their liberties. Freedom may be priceless, but fighting for it is not free.**

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.