Litigant Profiling

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.

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.

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.