Discover Our Cause
Kaapenaar is a platform that aims to address the crisis that exists in the unitary state of South Africa. It advocates for the people of the Cape to form consensus as to how to respond to this crisis. The Union of South Africa was created as an act of parliament in the United Kingdom that was enforced from the people of Southern Africa under colonial law. Subsequent statist governments have oppressed one people or another. It is time for the various nations that live within the borders of the unitary state of South Africa to claim their right to self-determination and create a new sustainable political dispensation.
The formation of the Kaapenaar Cooperative
A collective bargaining vehicle owned by its members
Should the platform prove popular support, we will incorporate a legal entity in the form of a cooperative that is owned by its members. Every Kaapenaar is entitled to membership and will be represented in a General Members Council. This digital platform will serve as the means to provide a consensus-driven mandate to the management to implement the will of the people.
A range of self-empowering financial products will be made available to members, with the aim of fostering trade among Kaapenaars.
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The collective strength of this community has the power to address civilizational and societal problems, including housing, food, and energy security.
Management
Neels Bornman
Neels is the co-founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Saltroute, a multi-tenanted core banking Platform as a Service. The Saltroute PaaS is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and includes a range of credit and investment products in addition to transactional banking. Prior to Saltroute, Neels was the founder and CEO of Facevalue, a business banking platform and Integer, a residential prime mortgage lender.
Neels has had a prolific career as a structured financier in South Africa and Europe spanning 25 years.
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​Dr Joan Swart
Joan is a forensic psychologist and security analyst with an MBA and an MA in Military Studies. Her work focuses on African security, geopolitics, state fragility, substate dynamics, and the intersection between governance, legitimacy, and coercive power. She is the author of several books and regularly publishes long-form analysis and opinion pieces on security and governance issues. Her work bridges academic research, policy analysis, and applied strategic assessment. She is currently completing a PhD at the University of Stellenbosch Military Academy.
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