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The destructive minimum wage legislation must be repealed
In a country with a relatively low unemployment rate, a minimum wage does not inflict visible harm. However, in a country like South Africa the
Real Estate Investor: Khaya Lam (1 April 2024)
The FMF’s Khaya Lam Project was featured in Real Estate Investor.
The EFF pillars are built to crumble
This article was first published by Business Brief on 12 March 2024 Since 2013, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) under wannabe despot Julius Malema has
When judges aren’t
A judge – whether an apartheid judge or a transformania judge – trying to engage in racial engineering is not simply inappropriate, but ab initio
Centre for Risk Analysis: Martin van Staden on criminal justice reform (27 March 2024)
Martin van Staden was featured on the Centre for Risk Analysis on the necessity of deep criminal justice reform.
Should not paying your TV license be a crime?
Not paying a TV license should not attract any form of criminal charges because it harms no rights aside from the ones the SABC ‘has’
Decentralise power, minimise problems
The virtue of decentralisation is that it spreads out problems, dilutes them and mitigates risk.
South Africa’s unemployment crisis: Youth, women, and constitutional rights at stake
The really shocking effect of labour law in SA is that it keeps so very many young people out of work and deeply despondent.
From pact to pillar: The Multi-Party Charter after the 2024 election
The MPC could represent a new pillar in South African society that unites around its charter of values, like the rule of law, federalism, an
Western Cape must claim autonomy by denouncing BEE, trading with the West
Refusing to enforce bad laws, equipping local bodies to solve local issues, and ignoring the whining of the ANC would go a long way to
The Star: Martin van Staden on criminal justice reform (20 March 2024)
Martin van Staden was featured on the Star on the necessity of deep criminal justice reform.
Scrap victimless statutory crimes from SA law books
When resources are expended on policing behaviour that harms no one, resources are diverted away from those crimes that actually have victims.