CIAG signs cooperation agreement with VF Plus

The Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG) and the Freedom Front Plus have signed a co-operation agreement and will actively collaborate on matters of shared interest. A key focus will be the operationalisation of the right to self-determination within South Africa.

Self-determination is a peremptory norm of international law (jus cogens), which is binding upon all states and gives rise to erga omnes obligations. The South African Constitution accommodates this reality, both directly in section 235, which leaves the door open for all forms of self-determination (“or in any other way”), and indirectly in sections 39, 231, 232, and 233.

South Africa’s continued underperformance under the GNU, despite the ANC no longer holding an outright majority, demonstrates a critical truth: the problem is not just the party of government; it is the system of government. Requiring a country the size of Western Europe, with twelve official languages and a population made up of four major ethnic groups drawn from vastly differing historical and cultural traditions, to reach a singular national consensus upon which all agree is lunacy.

The operationalisation of the right to self-determination is the obvious solution, allowing sub-national communities to decide for themselves how they wish to be governed and which policies they wish to pursue. This is to the benefit of all South Africans, and self-determination can be exercised in many forms, ranging from devolved policing and transport, to cultural and linguistic autonomy, federal systems of government, and ultimately sovereign independence.

The VF Plus is highly respected, domestically and internationally, with representatives in the National Assembly and eight out of nine provincial legislatures. This agreement will greatly enhance CIAG’s ability to advance its mission.