Christmas message from the leader, Dr Pieter Groenewald
Come Christmas time, one cannot help but reflect on the past year. For the FF Plus. it was a busy year full of challenges and success stories. A year of hard work and a year that, in my opinion, marks a turning point for our party. For the FF Plus, 2018 was a year of […]
Trade unions and disregard for mother-tongue instruction the reasons for failure of basic education
The two factors responsible for the dismal failure of basic education in South Africa are the destructive role played by trade unions, SADTU in particular, and the disregard for the value of mother-tongue instruction. Seeing as tertiary education depends on the foundation laid by basic education, higher education is clearly also doomed to fail at […]
Under-collection of tax most probably only a smoke screen for investigation into SARS
The under-collection of tax is most probably only a smoke screen for the real reason why the Minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba, launched an investigation into the South African Revenue Services (SARS), says Dr Pieter Mulder, FF Plus member of parliament. According to the Minister’s statement, the investigation will focus on institutional weaknesses within SARS […]
Parental discipline: Government must beware of excessive social prescriptiveness
The government must beware of being too prescriptive with regard to how the public should behave in their private environment. It is not a matter of state. South Africa needs less governing, not more, says Dr Pieter Mulder, member of parliament and former leader of the FF Plus. Dr Mulder says that it is important […]
Women’s Day must honour all women in South Africa – Debate on National Women’s Day: The emancipation and empowerment of women
Women's Day in South Africa must celebrate the role and struggle of all women in the country's history, not just those of the ANC. The importance of women has long been very important for the Afrikaner. It is beautifully illustrated at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, which was designed in the 1930s and where the […]
Women’s Day must honour all women in South Africa – Debate on National Women’s Day: The emancipation and empowerment of women
Women's Day in South Africa must celebrate the role and struggle of all women in the country's history, not just those of the ANC. The importance of women has long been very important for the Afrikaner. It is beautifully illustrated at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, which was designed in the 1930s and where the […]
Will the ATKV become the TKV?
Will the Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging (ATKV) become only a Taal- en Kultuurvereniging (TKV), that is, will the association do away with its exclusive focus on Afrikaans? This is the question that arises in reaction to announcements made by ms. Deidre le Hanie, the new managing director of the organisation. Le Hanie announced that the […]
Zuma currently in the endgame of his presidency
In chess, the endgame starts when the king becomes all the more trapped. Ultimately, when the king can make no more moves, it is checkmate and that means the end of the king as well as the game.President Zuma currently finds himself in the endgame of his presidency. The ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) recently […]
Tribute to Mr. Ahmed Kathrada, ANC member of parliament: 1994 – 1999
Speaker Mr. Ahmed Kathrada was a member of the first parliament after 1994. He served from 1994 to 1999. I am one of the few members left in this fifth parliament that served with Mr. Kathrada in that first parliament. We are only about twelve members left in this parliament that also served in the […]
Begrotingsposdebate: Internasionale betrekkinge en samewerking / Budget vote debate: International affairs and cooperation
Both the Brexit referendum in Britain and the election of president Trump in the United States have created new international realities. New international realities with implications for South Africa and for our Department of International Relations and Cooperation. In the United Kingdom, the outcome of the referendum on Brexit has major implications for Britain, for […]