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Aping Brussels is no way to unlock South Africa’s AI potential
The notion that absolutely everything must be controlled by government fiat is a dangerous one.
21 May 2025
The notion that absolutely everything must be controlled by government fiat is a dangerous one.
Humans prosper when they produce, trade, invent, and cooperate. We see this wherever people are free.
When it suits them, SA’s leaders treat international bodies and foreign governments as infallible oracles.
The reality is that most of us, female or male, are average in most aspects.
The state does not respect its citizens. Individuals are forced to respect the state.
People like Malema and Mngxitama would have long been behind bars in civilised societies, but remain at large – MPs in fact – in SA.
Forgetting is not an option.
The uncertainty created by these new regulations undermined South Africa’s economic stability.
Lawmakers would do well to do something they have yet to do – ask the public in 2025 “is this bill really a priority when South Africa faces so many other problems?”
The laying of criminal complaints is not a legitimate area of democratic contestation, nor is it a manifestation of political expression.
