> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.jermwarfare.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # CAPEXIT and why secession matters - URL: https://www.jermwarfare.com/capexit-and-why-secession-matters/ - Published: 2026-10-23T14:13:09.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-23T15:35:23.000Z - Description: A deep dive into Cape Independence, from its history and cultural roots to the fight for anti-globalist autonomy in South Africa's Western Cape, and the case for grassroots politics and communities governing themselves. - Author: Jerm - Tags: CAPEXIT, South Africa, Secession, Decentralisation, Jack Miller, Livestream Jack Miller has been at this for 19 years. Long enough to watch the idea of Cape independence travel from a Facebook group to a public talking point that makes politicians in Pretoria uncomfortable. [Cape Independence Party - CAPEXIT: #voteCAPEXIT2026The Cape Independence Party - CAPEXIT works towards independence of the Western Cape by political means and a referendum.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/icon/favicon-ce6c9be0-bbd2-40ae-8359-d740fdc92985.ico)Cape Independence Party - CAPEXIT![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/thumbnail/og-wabey-v3-4ea04039-b7f6-4588-bb1a-687d1baebea1.jpg)](https://www.capexitparty.com/?ref=jermwarfare.com) The Western Cape is governed from 1,500 km away by people it did not vote for, which makes no sense. What makes more sense is if the government is more localised. ## What CAPEXIT is CAPEXIT (all uppercase) is the everyday name for the Cape Independence Party. It is a Western Cape party with one job: **to win an independence referendum**. Founded in 2007 as the Cape Party, it adopted the CAPEXIT name in 2016 and has run on a template similar to Brexit. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/2026/10/CAPEXIT.jpg) It contests only the Western Cape and it does not ***need*** to win it. Sure, winning is first prize, but it just needs a few seats to begin making a difference. With two seats in government it has already dragged the national conversation sideways. Jack was carried out of a council chamber for saying out loud that Cape families are pushed down the housing list behind internal migrants. > Shocking! > > The DA-run City of Cape Town has just joined forces with the EFF and ANC to throw Cape Independence Party leader, Jack Miller out of Council. > > Councillor Miller was busy giving a speech about an issue in Cape Town in which low cost housing was being built. > > He told the… [pic.twitter.com/VhxJLHLZRI](https://t.co/VhxJLHLZRI?ref=jermwarfare.com) > > — Cape Independence Party (@capexitparty) [May 28, 2025](https://x.com/capexitparty/status/1927733147510165637?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=jermwarfare.com) That was treated as heresy at the time. It isn't now. #GoJackMyMan Jack calls government a "cancer" on society and thinks you should want as little of it as possible, as close to home as possible. ## My newsletter has bigger balls than Brigitte Macron Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. His model is the city state, or better, the Swiss canton: 26 units that mostly run themselves, each able to veto its own taxes and protect its own language, held together by choice rather than force. ## Livestream 🎥 Here is my livestream with Jack, recorded in Stellenbosch this morning. The audio version is available on most podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. [Jerm Warfare podcastEverything you need to know about the Jerm Warfare podcast.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/icon/Grungy-logo-small-610b6967-cb81-47ed-93b3-e01319cda164.png)Jerm WarfareJerm![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/thumbnail/micpodcast-1-ebd07d75-14da-4dbd-a25f-9648bbe375ea.jpg)](https://www.jermwarfare.com/podcast/) Please subscribe to Jerm Warfare on whatever app you use. Become a [Premium subscriber](https://www.jermwarfare.com/podcast/#free-and-premium) if you don't want ads. ## Secession is anti-globalist Globalism is a project of consolidation. Secession is the undo button. Eighty years of architecture have pushed in one direction, through the UN, the EU, the WHO, the WEF and the WTO. Each layer adds distance between you and a decision. The further away the decision maker, the more they get away with and the harder they are to remove. That is not a bug. A government you cannot reach is a government you cannot hold. Secession pulls the levers back down to street level, which is exactly why globalists and secessionists are natural opponents. The Union of South Africa was itself a top down imperial construct from 1910, welded together to control the gold and the diamonds. Then there are the incentives, which Jack explains in the conversation above. ## Did you know? In 1900 there were roughly 78 independent countries in the world. Today the UN has 193 members. The count has more than doubled in a century and it has never gone backwards for long. The UN opened with 51 members in 1945 and has since admitted 142, the most recent being South Sudan in 2011. The 1990s alone produced around 30 new countries: the Soviet Union broke into 15, Yugoslavia into seven, Czechoslovakia into two. Norway left Sweden in 1905 on a vote of 368,208 to 184, which is 99.95%, one of the most lopsided referendums ever recorded. Montenegro scraped through in 2006 on 55.5% against a 55% threshold. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/2026/10/CAPEXITparty.jpg) Support decentralisation. Support secession. Support [CAPEXIT](https://www.capexitparty.com/?ref=jermwarfare.com).