Reuben Coetzer
Reuben Coetzer, a final year Bachelor of Laws (LLB) student at the North-West University, is the spokesperson for Free SA (Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality), which advocates for “a transparent, accountable government that respects the voices of all citizens”. He was an ActionSA candidate on the national and provincial lists for the National Assembly in the 2024 elections. Coettzer was previously a spokesperson for Project Youth SA NGO and has served on the Board of Directors since 2022. He is also the founder of the NGO, Mighty Dads and Lads.
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Your faith, your conscience: the State’s grasp for religious control
There is an age-old wisdom in politics, especially in democracies such as South-Africa, that freedom is seldom taken away in one dramatic swoop or with
PSC Bill: centralisation masquerading as reform
South Africans have grown used to government overpromising and underdelivering. But sometimes, the state does take that one step further: it actively undermines the freedoms
The battle for our classrooms: why parents, not politicians, must decide
In the light of the Department of Basic Education’s proposed BELA regulations, ordinary South Africans are once again confronted with a stark choice: do we
Socialists are going socialist again
Nobody is as good at going socialist as the EFF, and they are back at it again. Now that Julius Malema is no longer the
Job-growth slump: government must make way for enterprise to flourish
The latest Q2 2025 employment figures, released on 12 August 2025, once again paint a grim picture of the economic state of affairs in South
Sending violent criminals to eSwatini is essentially sending them to South Africa
The saying goes that if the US sneezes, South Africa gets the flu. Well, in this case it appears to be the reality, Washington is
GNU without results
In his book Common Sense, Thomas Paine famously wrote that “(i)t is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies”. Paine clearly
Privatise the SABC Entirely!
In politics, the phrase “too big to fail” often just means “too interconnected to be allowed to fail”. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is
Why South Africa Needs a Leaner, Fairer, Safer State
Each year, the South African Parliament issues a quiet but important invitation to the general public, inviting ordinary South Africans to submit proposals and suggestions
The subtle re-racialisation of property rights
In South Africa’s long and painful journey from apartheid to democracy, the de-racialisation of law and statecraft has been both a moral imperative and a