Alarming new Bill tries to “police” non-profit organisations
GroundUp | 13.02.2026 05:10
South Africa’s nonprofit sector was born from a deliberate democratic choice. When Parliament adopted the Nonprofit Organisations Act in 1997, it rejected the coercive regulatory model of the apartheid era and embraced something far more aligned with constitutional values: a largely voluntary system grounded in transparency, not control. Accountability would come from openness, not from punitive enforcement.
