11 October 2022, Cape Talk, Clarence Ford

The problem is that registration of NPOs around the world is used as a means of repression. It’s used as a means of stopping people that are unpopular from critiquing and criticising various states.

William Bird, director at Media Monitoring Africa

If you’ve got a dance club in your area, a residents association, all of these things from small to large, from high risk to low risk, all of them are going to have to register.

William Bird, director at Media Monitoring Africa

…you’re forcing entities who have no threat of raising or being involved in terrorist financing to comply with certain things.

William Bird, director at Media Monitoring Africa