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Martin van Staden
Martin van Staden sits on the executive committee and rule of law board of advisers of the Free Market Foundation.
Stop weaponising the youth in a paternalistic anti-vaping crusade
Adults must make free choices about their lives and parents and communities are responsible for providing guidance and supervision for
Mafora’s ‘legal fictions’ nullify constitutional supremacy
In systems of constitutional supremacy, constitutions may introduce legal fictions, but legal fictions may not be introduced into constitutions, like the Expropriation Act does
Wandile Sihlobo is too bullish on the Expropriation Act
If the ANC is unwilling to respect the formal safeguards of the Constitution, why would it respect the supposed formal safeguards of the Act?
The Expropriation Act is necessarily unconstitutional
Expropriation law is not a tool of punishment or reparation, it is a tool of social improvement that can only be used under exceptional circumstances
When individuality kills
Liberal individualists do not insist on individuality under all circumstances
OPINION| Ramaphosa’s welcome electricity reforms short on liberalisation
The president’s plans to ensure a reliable supply of energy are welcome but do not go far enough
OPINION| ANC’s socialist thinking is crushing South Africa’s future
The Cold War ended more than three decades ago. That period of history showed that socialism, at a country scale, is unsustainable