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FMF media release: New Hate Speech Bill an improvement, but is still unnecessary
17 Apr 18
FMF Media Release
Hate Speech Bill
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FMF
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Rule of Law
The Free Market Foundation (FMF) welcomes the changes to the controversial Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill (the Hate Speech Bill) which were published last week.…
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New traffic law inconsistent with the Rule of Law
27 Mar 18
Martin van Staden
law
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Constitution
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road traffic
The illegalities of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill are too numerous to analyse in the space of one article.…
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Angels and demons and the draconian liquor amendment bill
19 Mar 18
Temba A Nolutshungu
Liquor is such a demonised product. It is advocated almost as a lethal poison that evil-minded producers and retailers would wish to administer.…
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Think again, ANC members, before you give up your secure property rights protection!
10 Jan 18
Eustace Davie
How do current members of the ANC know what will happen in the future if they remove the strict protection of property rights from the constitution?…
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Substantive equality cannot override formal equality
20 Dec 17
Martin van Staden
It is now well-accepted in South African constitutional jurisprudence that the Constitution’s guarantee of equality in section 9 is not merely concerned with ‘formal’ equality (equality at law), but endorses a notion of ‘substantive’ equality.…
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Parliament’s surrendering of power to bureaucrats jeopardises democracy
07 Dec 17
Martin van Staden
Did you know that when you drive 140 in a 120 km/h zone, you are not ‘breaking the law’, at least not directly?…
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Request for extension of public comment period on bills gazetted during November 2017
30 Nov 17
The departments of labour and telecommunications and postal services together published four bills on 17 November 2017 with hopelessly inadequate periods for public comment.…
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Short comment periods on new laws are unreasonable and unconstitutional
28 Nov 17
Martin van Staden
The South African government seems to be making it a habit to publish new laws, regulations, and policies close to or over a holiday period.…
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Core aspects of anti-tobacco proposals fall short of constitutional criteria
27 Nov 17
Leon Louw
What, if anything, does our constitution tell us about anti-smoking laws and policies?…
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Illegitimate FSB directive revoked
13 Nov 17
Gary Moore
Until very recently, financial intermediaries and advisers (financial-service providers, FSPs) wishing to reappoint representatives who had been debarred from the industry,…
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Mandatory transparency in political party funding could jeopardise South Africa’s democracy
23 Oct 17
Martin van Staden
That political parties should be transparent about their private funders would be a great win for democracy in South Africa.…
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London's Uber ban shines light on the sorry State of the Rule of Law
17 Oct 17
Martin van Staden
Transport for London (TfL), the government agency responsible for regulating transportation in the UK’s capital, recently decided to revoke Uber’s license to operate within Greater London.…
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Discretionary power – the root of corruption and disinvestment
20 Sep 17
Martin van Staden
Discretion – a power being rather loosely placed in the hands of politicians and officials – is the root of corruption and uncertainty, and consequent disinvestment in South Africa.…
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Irrational new regulations for minibus taxis
18 Sep 17
Gary Moore
Worthless and peripheral tinkering at paintwork and logos…
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Bid to hide SAA truth shows contempt for public
18 Sep 17
Leon Louw
IT IS worse than we thought. Much worse. So bad, in fact, that the state attorney has resorted to the sinister concealment from the nation of vital information.…
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SA should opt out of international customs that violate the Rule of Law
29 Aug 17
Martin van Staden
As a general rule, international law is South African law. There are, however, a few quirks in diplomatic and political customs between nations that should not be tolerated in the Republic of South Africa.…
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Free Market Foundation founded on moral economic principles
23 Aug 17
Ayanda Khumalo
The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has for forty-two years been working for freedom and prosperity for all.…
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Reducing the number of provinces is an affront to the Rule of Law and democracy
02 Aug 17
The African National Congress’ suggestion that the number of provinces be reduced from nine to six comes as a shock.…
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Reckless amendments to the Constitution will be illegal
12 Jul 17
Martin van Staden
Calls to chop and change our Constitution amount to little more than spur-of-the-moment political kneejerks.…
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Have we been underemphasising public participation?
04 Jul 17
Martin van Staden
Public participation in the affairs of government is democracy in action. Government receives a general mandate once every five years, however, public participation serves to legitimise particular policies.…
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Institutions must remain mindful of their core mandate
27 Jun 17
Martin van Staden
Institutions and the rule of law are the essential elements that protect individual South Africans from the excesses and abuses of state power.…
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FAIS: Debarring representatives violates the Rule of Law
14 Jun 17
Gary Moore
The provision of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act of 2002 (“FAIS”) that vests in employers the power and obligation to banish (“debar”) financial-services representatives from the entire industry, has the effect of discriminating…
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