Author: Rex van Schalkwyk

Why the WEF’s ‘Great Reset’ is a utopian ideal

How the language of lockdown undermines the rule of law – Rex van Schalkwyk

Is locked-down SA a frog in the warming Covid-19 pot?

The rule of law is the law of laws. Although the constitution gives explicit recognition to the rule of law, it has a separate authority that emphasises the primacy of individual liberty, as well as the right to private property.

A curious right that has emerged from the rights culture of the past 70 years is the right to be not offended.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus, who lived during the first century AD, gave this warning: “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws”.

There is an echo of the post Brexit rebellion in the street protests that have occurred throughout the United States following the election of Donald Trump.

There is a widely held view that the obligation of President Jacob Zuma to account for his past criminal misdeeds is restricted to the 783 charges arising from his relationship with Schabir Shaik.

The National Prosecuting Authority (N.P.A.) has a duty, both at common law and under the constitution, to perform its obligations without fear, favour or prejudice.