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Julius Malema’s threats of force and the liberal order’s rules of the game
Freedom is something – perhaps the only thing – worth using coercive violence for, but never against.

Powering progress: The urgent need to reform South Africa’s electricity sector
If electricity generation, transmission and distribution had been in private hands, with no barriers to entry preventing competitors from entering the market, this situation would

Media Advisory: FMF launches Economic Freedom of the World annual report
The Fraser Institute in Canada publishes the EFW on an annual basis to track the levels of economic freedom around the world. The FMF is

BRICS: South Africa should think big and establish a gold-backed currency
In the past South Africa had a chance to play a key role in the world’s markets but some of the incumbent politicians and sectors

Media Advisory: SCA: FMF to join as friend of the court during AfriForum v Julius Malema hate speech appeal
The Rule of Law Project has approached the SCA as a friend of the court to guide precedent for all courts in the direction of

Flags and threats: a liberal rumination on the limits of free expression
Julius Malema did it again – he threatened genocidal violence as a crowd cheered him on. Somewhere, a hypothetical Oom Frikkie also displayed the 1928

Waarom SA besigheid met die regering moet begin onderhandel
Sakeondernemings in Suid-Afrika moet sy beduidende bedingingsmag erken en sodoende ʼn ander strategie in sy interaksie met die regering volg.

Human progress, prosperity and happiness as a consequence of economic growth
Human progress, prosperity and happiness as a consequence of economic growth

Why SA should reform indigenous common law for the modern era
Why SA should reform indigenous common law for the modern era

Ideal time to push ahead with health-care reforms
Ideal time to push ahead with health-care reforms

