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1. CAPE PARTY
The Cape Partnership
Our Manifesto for a Strong and Prosperous Cape

2. CONTENTS
1. Intro to Cape Party
2. Jack Miller - Message from the Presidential Council
3. Vision for the Cape Republic
4. History of the Cape
5. Legal
6. Our Contract with the Cape – Policies
Direct Democracy
Crime
BEE and AA (institutionalised racism)
Employment
Housing
Education
Economics
Illegal Immigration
Corruption
Media Freedom
Internet Freedom
Energy
Trade/Ports (air, rail, sea)
Culture
7. Adrian Kay – ‘Take a Stand – Cape Independence’
8. Quote – Mahatma Ghandi

3. Intro to Cape Party
The Cape Party was founded in 2007.
In 2008, the Cape Party was officially registered with the Independent Electoral Commission
(IEC) as a political party in the Republic of South Africa.
The Cape Party will use all constitutional, legal and peaceful means to bring into effect the
independence and self-determination of the Cape from the Republic of South Africa.
If the Cape Party receives a majority vote in an election within the Cape territory this will be an
official mandate from the people of the Cape to declare the Cape a free and independent
Republic, the Cape Republic.
The Cape Republic will be governed as an independent state.
The Cape people will form the nation of the Cape Republic and actively engage in the
democratic and legal processes involved in the governance of the Cape.
Sound political and economic policies will further our aspirations to join the prosperous nations
of the world. We envision a system of direct democracy, and a peaceful and prosperous lifestyle
for all people of the Cape.

4. Message from the Presidential Council
Jack Miller
Cape Party Founder
(NEC, Presidential Council, Leader)
Good People of the Cape,
It is with great pleasure that we at the Cape Party launch into this year with our focus set on the
2011 Municipal Elections. The upcoming elections provide us with an opportunity to take great
steps towards our end goal of establishing the Cape Republic.
The mainstream media and established political parties have been trying their utmost to keep
the Cape Party silent and to shut down our message of Cape independence. Fortunately, there
comes a time when the people of the land unite to express their will by casting their vote on the
political system and the structures of power that govern the state. Change becomes possible.
To date, it has made little to no difference who the citizens of the Cape have cast their ballot for.
The status quo in South Africa does not change. The ANC regime governs with total control
while the opposition offers no protection for minorities and no resistance to the centralised ANC
government.
The selfish motives of politicians driving a political system that is as racially divisive and
oppressive as the others that have plagued this land since the British Empire forced the Union of
South Africa upon us in 1910 can only be changed if we choose freedom.
The Cape can be a prosperous, free and independent country with laws and policies that judge
our citizens not on their skin colour but on their moral value, work ethic and the content of their
character.
Together, the Cape Republic is just a vote away.
But time is running out…

5. Vision for The Cape Republic
The Cape Republic is roughly the size of France, has a GDP of R 293 Billion, and in virtually all
measures performs better than any province in South Africa. It is worth mentioning that for
every R100 the Cape sends to the Treasury, only R58 returns . An independent Cape is a much
more viable economic entity than South Africa.
In addition we have a long history of not being a part of South Africa. Many people believe that
South Africa has passed the tipping point and that Independence for the Cape is the only viable
solution. Successful examples: former USSR (15 countries), Yugoslavia (7 Countries),
Czechoslavakia (2 countries) and the peaceful secession of South Sudan only a month ago.
The Cape Party firmly believes that policies are neither left nor right, but rather right or wrong
and as such we use the world as our laboratory to see which models succeed and which fail. We
look to imitate the economic freedom of Singapore and the grassroots democracy of
Switzerland. Our policy of Immigration by invitation is practiced by all major countries and we
wish to replicate this in an Independent Cape Republic.
The Cape Party believes that Representative Democracy (i.e. the system that elects
Representatives to Parliament through political parties) has failed. It is an outdated and
ineffective means of governing a country and lends itself to secrecy, corruption, and collusion
with special interests. Often the public interest is sold out by political parties and politicians
simply because of the need to get elected.
We thus favour Direct Democracy and the system of recall, referendum and nullification based
on the Swiss model of government. Power must be devolved from bumbling bureaucrats to the
people who should have greater control over their communities, towns and cities.
The 20thcentury taught the world that smaller is better. Smaller states are better governed,
better run, more accountable and more cohesive than bigger super states which invariably fail
due to their size, and often due to their bloated bureaucracy.
Our challenge now is to share the message with our fellow citizens that the country we always
longed for is possible.

6. The History of the Cape.
Going back into recorded history Southern Africa was largely populated by the nomadic Khoisan
people. The Bantu migration from Northern and Central Africa resulted in the extensive
displacement of the Khoisan as the Bantu tribes (primarily Nguni) expanded southward. The Khoisan
resisted the Bantu migration up to the borders that today form the Cape. The Cape of Good Hope
was first charted in 1488 by the Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Diaz. The first European
settlement in the region took place in 1652 when settlers under Jan van Riebeeck established Cape
Town as a Refreshment Station for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) en route to its colonies in
the East Indies.
The Khoisan were integrated into Dutch settlements as the Cape of Good Hope expanded. In the
1660’s the VOC brought slaves from India, Ceylon, and Batavia (modern Day Indonesia) and East
Africa. The Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Indian Ocean to the East served as the umbilical cords
which still tie the Cape to the European and Asian societies which gave it birth in its modern form.
The Cape was a confluence of a large variety of people, and it was soon characterised by people of
mixed heritage. The Cape and its melting pot society symbolized true diversity and the language
Afrikaans is as rich and diverse as the people who created it. This diverse mixture of heritage, culture
and language can even be seen in the fact that many Kaaplanders that are considered “white” can
trace their genetics back to the Khoisan and slave ancestors. The Cape is the true “Rainbow Nation”
we only have to look into our pasts to realize it.
The Cape territory expanded as far East as the Fish River where first contact between the
Kaaplanders and the South-Westerly expanding Xhosa were made in 1779.
The Cape fell into the hands of the British in 1806. The Cape remained under British control from
1806 until 1872 after which it attained self-governance. The Cape enjoyed self-governance until
1910 before the British Empire forced the Union of South Africa after defeating the Boer Republics in
the South African War. The Union of South Africa consisted of the Cape and Natal Colonies and the
Republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. Lesotho, a British protectorate, chose not to join
the Union and gained independence in 1966. Swaziland, originally included in the Transvaal Republic
gained independence from Britain in 1968. These two independent countries account for the two
“holes” in the present map of South Africa, while the other four previously autonomous entities
remain to make up what is today regarded as the Republic of South Africa.
From 1910 until 1948 the Union of South Africa was a dominion of the British Empire. In the 1920’s
South Africa pursued its Sovereign Independence from Britain. In 1948 political power shifted to the
extreme Nationalist Party. With the NP’s interests largely invested in the Transvaal region, The ‘Nat’
government was quick to implement racial laws under a policy it called “Apartheid”. Until that time
the Cape Province had been the only province that had allowed a non – white franchise for elections
and for 300 years had been unsegregated. In the 1950’s the Apartheid government abolished this
right. In 1953 the NP government removed so-called “Cape coloureds” from the ‘Common Roll of
Cape Province’ and coloureds were only allowed to vote for four white parliamentary
representatives. This was met with outrage in the Cape and an organisation called the ‘Torch

7. Commandos’, led by the acclaimed fighter pilot Adolph “Sailor” Malan, launched mass protests
against the government. At the height of the protests the Torch Commandos comprised 250 000
white members all demanding an end to the governments racist policies and that voting rights be
returned to coloureds. But the Apartheid government stonewalled the protests, and by 1968 “Cape
coloureds” were not only completely removed from the voters roll, but also had their homes
demolished and faced forced evictions under the Group Areas act.
Sailor Malan (right) leader of the ‘Torch Commando’ protests against the NP government’s race
policies.
The NP government managed to hold onto power until 1994 after local and international pressure
forced them to end Apartheid and hold elections of universal suffrage. This saw the rapid rise to
power of the African National Congress. Although the ANC had promised to bring an end to racism in
South Africa with the cry of a ‘rainbow nation’, the reality was that discrimination had been
redirected towards minority groups. The ANC government introduced such policies as Black
Economic Empowerment, Affirmative Action, Transformation, Redistribution and Quota’s which
would ensure that every aspect of society would be structured on racial lines. The economy,
education, politics, businesses, national monopolies (Eskom, Telkom), the media (SABC, mainstream
newspapers) everything through to sport would be structured on an ever-increasing racial quota. In
effect, the true ‘rainbow nation’ of South Africa, the ethnically diverse Cape, would be the worst
affected by the ANC’s racist policies.
The Cape, in spite of her long linguistic and cultural history, lost her independence in 1910 to a
colonial mistake that forced together neighbouring lands in order to suit the needs of the British
Empire. In 1948 this forced Union fell into the hands of a totalitarian and racist government. In 1994
the levers of power were handed over from one totalitarian racist government to another, where
discrimination had simply changed its shade. The good people of this Union have suffered under
immoral governance in one or another shape or form since its conception in 1910 up until this
present day.
“The Cape Party will return the Cape to its rightful independence
and once and for all bring an end to the racism and oppression suffered
under this colonial Union

8. Legal
The right to self-determination is a universal and intrinsic human right. Governments govern by
the consent of the governed. If the people wish to change the state under which they consent to
live then it is their decision, and their decision alone, to change it according to their own needs
and desires.
Legal institutions, chapters and constitutions the World over recognise and guarantee this right.
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
Chapter 14. Section 235.
Recognises and Guarantees
“… the right of self-determination of any community sharing a common cultural and language
heritage, within a territorial entity in the Republic …”
The Cape fulfils all of the necessary criteria to achieve self-determination
(independence).
United Nations Charter 1945
Chapter I: Purposes and Principles
Article 1
The Purposes of the United Nations are:
…
2. To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights
and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen
universal peace;
…

9. United Nations
Self Determination: Principle & The Law
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Adopted by the UN General Assembly
Resolution 1514 (XV), 14 December 1960
Declaration
…
2. All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely
determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural
development.
…
5. Immediate steps shall be taken, in Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories or all other
territories which have not yet attained independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of
those territories, without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with their freely
expressed will and desire, without any distinction as to race, creed or colour, in order to
enable them to enjoy complete independence and freedom.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
G.A. res. 2200A (XXI), 21 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 16) at 52, U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S.
171, entered into force Mar. 23, 1976.
PART I
Article I
1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine
their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources
without prejudice to any obligations arising out of international economic co-operation, based
upon the principle of mutual benefit, and international law. In no case may a people be deprived
of its own means of subsistence.
3. The States Parties to the present Covenant, including those having responsibility for the
administration of Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote the realization of the
right of self-determination, and shall respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the
Charter of the United Nations

10. African Union (OAU)
African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights
Self Determination
Article 20
1. All peoples shall have the right to existence. They shall have the unquestionable and
inalienable right to self- determination. They shall freely determine their political
status and shall pursue their economic and social development according to the policy
they have freely chosen.
2. Colonized or oppressed peoples shall have the right to free themselves from the bonds
of domination by resorting to any means recognized by the international community.
3. All peoples shall have the right to the assistance of the States parties to the present
Charter in their liberation struggle against foreign domination, be it political,
economic or cultural.
……………………………….
Further legal documentation recognising the right to self-determination
(secession/independence/autonomy) can be found amongst a great number of sources,
however for the purpose of this manifesto there is more than sufficient excess detailing the
legal framework which supports and guarantees the inalienable human right to self-
determination.
(If direction toward further legal documentation supporting self-determination is necessary,
contact the Head Office.)
……………………………….

11. Our Contract with the Cape
Preamble
At the Cape Party we believe that government is a service rendered to the people and paid for
by them too. To serve as a public representative is the highest honour society can bestow on
any individual, whether that be in government or opposition. We thus commit to carrying out
our duties as elected representatives in a manner that remains always true to our cause and
ensures that the people of the Cape are put first before all else.
We offer a partnership, that together we may build towards a better Cape for us and our
children. The Cape Party endeavours to improve the Cape and the lives of its citizens in as many
faculties as is possible in the immediate and medium term. However, we remain vigilant in our
vision for the future, where following Cape independence and the unshackling of the
overbearing central policies of the current state will allow for the large-scale upliftment and
widespread prosperity of all of the Cape and its people.
The Cape Republic will be a land where efficient and accountable governance ensures that
services are delivered at levels of the highest standard, and where our diverse people are valued
not on their skin colour but their ethic and effort.
Cape Party in Blikkiesdorp: A Cape community displaced by the government and forgotten in the unacceptable
conditions of the all too familiar informal settlements.

12. Policies
Direct Democracy (referendum, initiative, re-call, nullification)
Direct Democracy is the system whereby the government is held in total account
to the citizens they serve. Power is localised to individual communities who have
greater authority over the areas they live in. Laws are introduced, passed and/or
rejected by a majority vote of the people. Corrupt politicians are removed and
prosecuted at the will of the people and complete transparency ensures that
each of the tax-payers cents is accounted for and spent as it should.
Crime
The basic function of a government is to secure the safety of its citizens. It is
clear that the South African government, the police system and the criminal
justice system has failed the people they serve.
The Cape Party believes that serious offenders should face the harshest of
penalties. Referenda should be held to bring the punitive criminal system in line
with the will of the people. The prison system acts as a mere welfare house and
breeding ground for gangsterism, with murderers and rapists released after
serving a fraction of the sentences for which their crimes should be punished.
Minor offenders are incarcerated amongst the worst criminals with no
consideration given to the damage they may suffer.
Our immediate plan:
Increase the numbers of the Metro police by 150%
Cut the bureaucracy and increase policing of high risk crime areas.
Prioritize serious offences and not petty crimes.
Housing
Housing is matter of human dignity and not of politics and political
considerations. Without proper housing, no family or individual can function.
Strong families make strong societies and will form the backbone of any
prosperous country.

13. We believe that housing should be given to citizens on a “first come first served”
basis and according to need. Racial politics should not form any part of the
process of state funded housing. Under a Cape Party government, title deeds will
be given for those tenants who have lived in state housing for more than 20
years. Privately owned properties are well looked after as owners take personal
care to preserve their property. That should be the ideal, and we will strive to
ensure that economic conditions are present so that more people can enter the
workforce, access credit and own and develop their own property.
Many of our poorer neighbourhoods are in fact broken societies in which a cycle
of unemployment, drugs, lack of education and abuse exists. To break that cycle,
proper housing and clean neighbourhoods is fundamental in the plan to deal
with the pressing issues that confront our broken societies in the Cape.
Our plan:
Title Deeds for existing council tenants of more than 20 years
No racial quotas in housing
Houses will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis
Promote private ownership of housing
Education
Education is the bedrock of society and is finely woven into the fabric of family
and community. Our children need to grow up in dignified housing with strong
families who can form a partnership with government to further their children’s
potential. Government cannot do this alone, when the Cape Party is in
government we will make the “education partnership” the cornerstone of our
policy. Parents are the pillar of an education partnership, and community based
efforts will be fundamental to the building of a strong educational system.
We need to prioritize skills that have economic value and nurture a work ethic
that will make our economy an attractive option for foreign investment, thereby
giving people secure jobs, an income that allows them to purchase property and
give their children a life of dignity.
Our Plan:
Less bureaucratic paperwork for teachers and more time spent teaching
Decreased class sizes
Promotion of private schools in low-income areas in line with current
trends.

14. Prioritizing of skills towards meaningful education of economic value.
Reintroduction of the apprentice system
Vouchers and subsidies for performing students in low-income areas.
Full tuition subsidies for Pure Maths and Science and IT students who
score distinction in these subjects.
BEE and AA (institutionalised racism)
The Cape Party believes in equal opportunity for all citizens, and would bring
about an end to all racial legislation, quotas, and policies that Pretoria is
enforcing on the Cape. Racial profiling and discrimination has no place in the 21st
Century.
Up to one million (1 000 000) people of the Cape are currently facing job losses
as a result of the ANC’s Employment Equity Act which directly discriminates
against the coloured, white and Indian racial groups in South Africa. The Cape
Party vehemently opposes this blatantly racist policy. On the immediate term we
will simply refuse to implement it in the Cape, and it will have no place in an
independent Cape.
Employment
People create employment, not government. Laws which prevent people from
becoming entrepreneurs or employers and drive the most skilled of the
countries workforce abroad result in the shrinking economy and the large-scale
loss of jobs we are currently facing. Government’s duty is to nurture job-creation
not deter it through policies that discriminate, bureaucratic red-tape that over-
burdens and taxes that debilitate. Studies have showed that one skilled labourer
on average provides employment for 10 unskilled labourers*. With over one
million skilled labourers having left South Africa over the past 15 years the
accumulative loss of employment to the country is staggering. South Africa has
one of the highest burdening tax systems in the world, with comparatively
abysmal returns in services and this during one of the toughest economic
periods. These policies will have to end in order to reverse this trend of skilled
emigration and resultant unemployment.
* (Human Capital Flight: Stratification,Globalization, and the Challenges to Tertiary Education in Africa;
Benno J. Ndulu; JHEA/RESA Vol. 2, No. 1, 2004, pp. 57–91)

15. Illegal Immigration
A government that cannot secure its own borders or preserve the right of a
citizen to the resources of his/her own country is failing its fundamental function
and is no longer legitimate. The country is crippled with approximately 30%
unemployment*, yet is flooded with unskilled illegal immigrants entering the
country who consume limited resources. The Cape Party will enforce a strong
border as this is fundamental to the preservation of citizen’s rights to the
resources of their country.
*(broad definition)
Corruption
The South African state is a kleptocracy, where those in positions of power
actively use this to promote their financial interests and those of their families,
cronies and political friends. Nepotism is rife, the downward spiral so great, and
the looting so profound that the South African government’s R979 Billion budget
is essentially a feeding frenzy for cadres and cronies of the ANC.
This must end immediately. Entire populations and communities are crumbling
due to the failure of the state to deliver services. Corruption and wasteful
spending are bleeding our pockets dry and the Cape Party will stop this.
Media Freedom
Freedom of speech is paramount to the axiom of true democracy and individual
freedom. It is a citizen’s right to express him/herself freely without censorship or
limitation not just in verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and
imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium. Citizen’s should have
free access to information and it is the duty of the media to ensure that the
unbiased and impartial reporting of that information is made available to the
public with timeous delivery and without any fear of censorship.
Internet Freedom
The Internet is one of the most powerful forms of human expression in the 21 st
Century. It is driven by people and ideas. As with the God-given human right to
freedom of speech and the freedom of association the Internet, which is a
medium to express these human rights, should be protected from any
constraint, limitation or censorship.

16. Energy
Energy is fundamental to the basic functioning of any modern society. It should
be produced with the utmost efficiency through systems of the utmost
competence and distributed at the most affordable cost to afford each and every
citizen its use. The development of means by which energy supplies will be
increased without negatively effecting the environment in its production will be
paramount.
A wealth of world class and ingenuitive means to produce energy has risen to
the fore in recent years. The Cape is uniquely positioned to benefit from all such
developments ranging from amongst others, solar, wind and tidal energy and
with the appropriate attention could become a world leader in such
developments. Surpluses in energy allow for the expansion of an economy as the
cost to power reduces and the availability increases. Reduces in the cost of
energy provide economic relief to all citizens from the richest to the poorest,
with relative benefits being most pronounced in the poorer communities.
Trade/Ports (air, rail, sea)
A country’s ports are the open hands with which we greet our partners be they
in the form of the tourism industry, business or commercial trade. A country’s
ports should ensure that its citizens are free to expand the goods available
within its borders at the most affordable prices. It should also allow the industry
of its citizens to sell its goods abroad with as minimal a cost to the exporter as
possible. Trade should be open, free and fair allowing for the expanse of the
country’s economy, the resultant increase in employment as well as the increase
in the prosperity of its citizens.
Culture
The Cape Party recognises the unique culture stemming from the far reaching
history of the Cape and its people. Overt efforts from all levels of government,
both National and Provincial, have marginalised the entrenched traditions which
add the colour and life that has become synonymous with the Cape.
We will ensure that Cape culture is given paramount importance through the
rightful recognition of our traditions, beliefs and values.

17. Our Plan:
Reinstitute the ‘Tweede Nuwe Jaar’ as a recognised day of celebration by
reinstating January 2nd as an official public holiday. In rightful addition
allowing the internationally popular troops of the ‘Minstrel Parade’ the
freedom to perform our unique celebratory displays of ‘song and dance’
through the City of Cape Town. This is an expression of Cape identity and
adds value to our economy. The ‘Mardis Gras’ parade in Brazil should be
seen as a similar example where a festival of such global allure brings
exposure and finance from tourists and sponsors the world over.
The syllabus of the Cape education system should be adjusted to give
appropriate attention to the long history of the Cape, our varied people
and as a result our colourful culture. This should balance the currently
one-sided approach to history that focuses solely on a history that begins
and ends with the ANC.
Cape Town ‘Minstrel Troop’ from 1933

18. Take a stand: Cape Independence
Adrian Kay
Cape Party strategist
(NEC, Presidential Council)
The crime wave, and racially offensive legislation have forced many to accept the idea of
planning a future in foreign lands. An alienation of culture and an offensive against language and
cultural institutions have loosened the bonds of minority South Africans to the land of their
birth. Increasingly people are deciding to pack up and seek lives abroad. Some grow homesick
and return only to be hit again by the tide of crime and more alienation. It is clear that in time to
come we will no longer have a place to call home, a place we identify with. The vast and unique
history of the Cape will be lost forever unless we take a stand to preserve our values and
identity instead of succumbing to the imposition of foreign values and identity. To wait would
be folly, inaction we can least afford if we are ever to prevail against those who would destroy
our way of life.
Take a stand.
The Cape Party

19. “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.”
- Mahatma Ghandi -
Cape Party – Kaapse Party
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