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“Artificial ice” sounded scary. So scary, in fact, the Natural Ice Industry Association in 1910 waged PR campaigns calling it unnatural & even ungodly. Now it’s just "ice." “Animal-free meat” may sound odd today, but one day it may just be "meat," no slaughterhouse attached.

🛑 Stop the expansion of capital controls South Africa needs more investment, innovation, and economic freedom, not expanded capital controls and more government permission slips. The proposed Capital Flow Management Regulations would give the state broader control over how South Africans move, invest, store, and use their money, including foreign currency and crypto assets. Overregulation drives investment, skills, and capital offshore. ⏳ The deadline for public comment is 30 June 2026. ✍️ Make your voice heard and oppose the expansion of capital controls here: freesa.org.za/stop-the-capit…

I haven't had my coffee yet.

And they want to erode our property rights further through the draft Capital Flow Management Regulations? Submit your objections by June 30th: propertyrightsdefense.org/get-involved/ #PropertyRightsDefense

📽️🧵1/8 Most South Africans have no idea these regulations exist. More info here: propertyrightsdefense.org/get-involved/ #PropertyRightsDefense

This battle over South Africa’s draft Capital Flow Management Regulations goes far beyond our borders. Governments worldwide are paying close attention. If we fail to defend Bitcoin and financial freedom here, this repressive framework will be replicated around the world. The result? Entire nations trapped forever in the fiat debt slavery system, with no escape. Follow us here: propertyrightsdefense.org #PropertyRightsDefense

And the alleged SARS hack in the same week. The National Treasury hasn't included or conducted an Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS) for a change of this magnitude - they'd ought to have gotten their ducks in a row first. Please follow PRDG as we take action against National Treasury in court: propertyrightsdefense.org #PropertyRightsDefense

YOUR IDENTITY IS ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER — DON'T LET YOUR SILENCE BE MISTAKEN FOR CONSENT! The Department of Home Affairs has officially opened public comment on a massive overhaul of South Africa’s civic infrastructure: the draft Identification Regulations, 2026 (Government Gazette No. 54610). Under the new "Home Affairs @ home" strategy, the state is introducing a smartphone-based "Digital Identity Credential" housed inside a new app called MyMzansi. This digital ID will carry the exact same legal weight as your physical Smart ID card. While phasing out paperwork and cutting down administrative delays sounds like a win for convenience, the actual legal mechanics hidden within the draft text raise major questions about privacy, asset security, and digital exclusion. If we don't speak out before the 6 June 2026 deadline, these rules will become law as they stand. Here is what is actually on the table: 👉 Real-Time Corporate Data Loops: The state will record "Verified Relationships" between you and private entities like banks and telcos. If you update your address or phone number at your bank, it will synchronise across the state population register automatically in near real-time—permanently blurring the line between public civic data and private corporate infrastructure. 👉 The Stolen Phone Lockdown: Your digital ID is cryptographically "bound" to a single smartphone. In a country with high rates of mobile theft, losing your phone means your legal identity token is instantly frozen or revoked. The regulations are currently silent on a secure, remote path to restore your access, raising the threat of immediate financial and administrative paralysis. 👉 The 10-Year Physical Queue Trap: Your digital ID expires every 5 years. While remote renewal via a facial scan in the app is permitted, the draft rules state that if you go 10 consecutive years without a physical, in-person touchpoint at a Home Affairs branch or partner bank, your credential completely lapses. You will be forced to line up in person from scratch to re-prove your identity. 👉 Algorithmic Profiling (The 30-Day Rule): You will be legally required to report routine life updates (moving house, changing an email) within 30 days. If you fail to do so, the state will algorithmically drop your internal "Identity Assurance Level." A lowered score could mean sudden, frustrating transaction rejections when you try to use high-security online services. 👉 Foundations for Function Creep: Centralising dynamic biometric registries and cross-entity tracking pipelines creates a technical foundation that critics warn could easily be weaponised into an authoritarian behavioural tracking system, or act as a centralised economic kill-switch over your accounts. 🗣️ YOUR VOICE IS A LEGAL FORCE Public participation is not a mere tick-box exercise—it is a binding constitutional right under the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA). Every choice and comment submitted through the Dear South Africa portal forms a recognised legal submission delivered directly to the Chief Director: Legal Services, Adv A M Malakate. We’ve cut through the legalese and structured the official questionnaire into clear, direct focal points so you can have your say in less than a minute. 👇 Click the link below to cast your vote and submit your formal comment now! 🔗 dearsouthafrica.co.za/digital-id/ Spread the word! Once you’ve participated, share this post to your local community groups, family chats, and colleagues. Our digital future must be shaped by active citizens, not unchecked bureaucracy.

Why fix the problem when National Treasury can just make it worse and scare off those carrying the rest of the country?

Governments promising reform while quietly expanding discretionary powers that erode private property rights and capital mobility. Take action here: propertyrightsdefense.org/get-involved/ #PropertyRightsDefense

Whenever we think we have finalized our submission to Treasury concenring the draft Capital Management regulations there is a new hack, so we have to go back and revise our submission to include the new hack as evidence that the government can't be trusted with anything🤡

Treasury's crypto crackdown is a betrayal of Mandela's promise techcentral.co.za/treasurys-cryp… Very nice writeup by @mcleodd

@TFTC21 Yip we're accepting local and international donations for our legal defense fund to challenge this regulation in court. Yip an employee didn't BCC when replying to emails that sent comments on the draft regulation and 300+ email addresses got doxxed. x.com/PRDG_ZA/status…

PRDG is a civil-society organisation whose constitutional mandate is the protection of individual property rights and acts on behalf of ordinary South African citizens, not financial institutions, and not corporate intermediaries. Our soft-goal is 1 BTC in donations for our legal defense fund which we will use to challenge this law in court. propertyrightsdefense.org/get-involved/ #PropertyRightsDefense

Withdraw the misguided regulations.

WATCH | Calls to boycott pharmacy giant Dis-Chem are intensifying after majority shareholder Mark Saltzman publicly attacked journalist Redi Tlhabi over Gaza, turning a social media exchange into a wider argument about corporate identity, philanthropy, political speech and public accountability. M&G Correspondent @hasinakathrada has the latest on this story. Read full story here: ow.ly/WmS550Z2Bcu

Proposed crypto regulations threaten freedom. @DavidAnsara warns that vague powers, compelled disclosures, and asset controls will discourage investment and undermine property rights. Watch the full discussion: youtube.com/live/VAaAYY-US… 🔴 New episodes Fridays at 12pm CAT

'South African taxpayers hit with frozen bank accounts and SARS deductions.' I can see the suicide rate spiking in SA. 💔 Know your rights people, don't just assume that SARS has the right to do this. 🇿🇦 @sarstax dailyinvestor.com/finance/135177…

That shit singer from Tommy Robinson’s rally Rikki Doolan was exposed by Al Jazeera 3 years ago for money laundering and smuggling gold from Zimbabwe.

They said @tonyseba was crazy when he published Solar Trillions in 2010