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The question of property rights in South Africa
Can you be considered a fully free person without the right to own private property? The answer is “no.”
Consumer Rights Day: Government goes after consumers when it should be targeting real criminals
Rather than being concerned with dictating the behaviour of consumers and small business owners in this way, one would think that the government would have
SA well on the road to overcriminalisation, new FMF index finds
The Free Market Foundation’s Section 12 Initiative today launched its Criminalisation Index.
‘Rule of Law’: Vapid or still relevant?
For the longest period of human history, the state has seen itself as though it is the source of legitimacy of law, and if not,
There is no reason for municipalities to oppose federalism
Local communities must stop allowing their mayors and councillors to point to Pretoria and say “not my problem”. Only local residents can make it the
South Africa’s government cares more about bad laws than the rising crime epidemic
In any sane democracy this government would have been unelected and ridiculed at the ballot box.
‘Transformania’ – Judge Motha engaged in judicial overreach, says FMF Rule of Law Project
The health and success of our constitutional democracy depends on the ability to criticise those in power when it is warranted, including judges.
New armed policing agencies may just add to crime problem
Victimless drug and vice offences should be put on the backburner, if not decriminalised or legalised outright.
Local councils, not the SAPS, should carry local crime prevention burden
Decentralising police will solve the problem of centralised rot infesting every police department. Local departments will be able to equip themselves with the resources and
SA’s youth won’t thrive without good policies
Education is not the root cause of our unemployment. Rather, SA lacks the necessary policy frameworks and institutions to truly harness our youthful population, or
DA’s federalist dilemma: Genuine devolution or cosmetic change?
The DA’s preoccupation with meritocracy, therefore, also stands uneasily alongside its supposed commitment to federalism.
The age of historical amnesia: Capitalism, socialism, and demise
Despite historical evidence of socialism’s shortcomings, the world gravitates towards it again and again.
