Environment
The SABP holds that to place environmental affairs under the same umbrella ministry as tourism is to do a disservice to both crucially important but different portfolios. Environmental care is essentially non-profit driven, whereas tourism is mostly private-enterprise and profit-driven.
   Respect for everything around a person is a key element of what it means to be properly civilized. Abuse of one's surroundings is the characteristic of barbaric carelessness.
   We should only use so much of the environment that we can put back or that renews itself naturally. Where this cannot be done, as in the instance of the use of coal-for-electricity and oil-to-petrol conversions, these resources must be studiously managed and alternatives diligently sought and developed to prevent society coming to a grinding halt when these resources eventually dry up.
   Trees and grass are required for replenishing oxygen in the air we breathe and for binding the earth to prevent soil-erosion. Without trees and grass the world would die. We use trees for wood and grass for grazing. If we use it too fast, it will all be used up and we will all die. When our generation passes away, we should leave a beautiful balanced world for our children to inherit.
   Indiscriminate tree-removal (for firewood), grass-destruction (by unmanaged cows, goats and sheep) and throwing rubbish anywhere, are some of the main insults levied on the world around us by many South Africans. Too many people and too many animals are the cause of the first two phenomena, while ignorance and a lack of concern about cleanliness and hygiene is responsible for the third.
   An SABP government would help the people to do better family planning so that there are not so many people without electricity that people have to destroy too many trees for cooking, heat, etc. We will also teach and train the people in the skill and responsibility of goat-herding and provide loans for animal fencing so that grazing can be properly managed. Finally, Environmental Care will be introduced as a compulsory subject from Grade 1 to Grade 12 in all schools, and people will be fined for littering and dumping.
   Vehicular, factory stack and wood-fire pollution must be regulated, as must surface and ground water contamination. Dumping sites will be revitalised. Animal and flora parks will be maintained and improved, and expanded where possible. Endangered species must be preserved - we may only know of their importance to the cycle of life once they are gone. Chemical exposure must be monitored. Global warming factors must be controlled. The oceans will be protected from oil, inland-water and other pollution.
   Recycling will be expedited and made mandatory in all South African homes.