

Martin van Staden
http://www.martinvanstaden.com
Martin van Staden is the Head of Policy at the Free Market Foundation and former Deputy Head of Policy Research at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). Martin also serves as the Editor of the IRR’s History Project and its Race Law Project, and is an advisor to the Free Speech Union SA. He is pursuing a doctorate in law at the University of Pretoria. For more information visit www.martinvanstaden.com.
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DA faces greater moral crisis today than during Maimane years
- By Martin van Staden
- . May 22, 2025
Yesterday, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen formed part of a delegation that visited Donald Trump to plead South Africa’s case. Precisely what Steenhuisen’s contributions

Of course Afrikaners and other minorities face persecution
- By Martin van Staden
- . May 15, 2025
We talk a lot about the fast media cycle in the age of information, but more concerning is the fast “knowledge” cycle: things people knew

If you aren’t against “transformation”, you should be
- By Martin van Staden
- . May 8, 2025
You’re against the Patriot Act? What, you aren’t a patriot? You’re against Bantu education? What, don’t you believe members of Bantu ethnicities are entitled to

The irony is still lost: A response to Anton Harber on race law
- By Martin van Staden
- . May 1, 2025
Anton Harber continues his defence of race law on the basis of the noble-hearted intentions of the selfless and pure souls who serve in South

Godongwana (ideally the whole Cabinet) must resign after budget spectacle
- By Martin van Staden
- . Apr 24, 2025
The 2025 national budget is gearing up to be South Africa’s most contentious, possibly ever. That budgets are now on the table of contestation is

How many must die in the name of your being “law-abiding”?
- By Martin van Staden
- . Apr 17, 2025
“We need municipal authorisation,” is a common line heard from community organisers that on its face appears innocuous but might increasingly hold deadly consequences. What will

Why AfriForum is right to reject the “white genocide” narrative
- By Martin van Staden
- . Apr 10, 2025
AfriForum has for many years been waging a lonely war against South African journalists and “fact-checkers” peddling the myth of white genocide but attributing it

A rollercoaster of vindication for the IRR’s Index of Race Law
- By Martin van Staden
- . Apr 3, 2025
The past few weeks have seen a wave of critical commentary targeting the IRR’s Index of Race Law, an initiative I have had the privilege

“Kill the Boer”: Marco Rubio, the Supreme Court of Appeal, and the rule of law
- By Martin van Staden
- . Mar 27, 2025
On 21 March, Julius Malema celebrated Human Rights Day by once again inciting the killings of (primarily white) farmers. The Supreme Court of Appeal last

Answering 13 questions about the Index of Race Law
- By Martin van Staden
- . Mar 20, 2025
The Index of Race Law was launched to little fanfare in December 2022 by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), as the only up-to-date and