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2+2=5? Don’t “panic” about EWC – but don’t be misled either

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A chorus of voices from the mainstream media, certain business groups, the ANC-controlled GNU, and even the DA, have told the public, “Relax – everything

Wandile Sihlobo is too bullish on the Expropriation Act 

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The nature and history of the African National Congress (ANC) cannot be discounted when reading the text of the new Expropriation Act. The rule of

Unnamed enemies: why ideology is – necessarily – inescapable

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“An enemy without a name is impossible to defeat on the battleground of ideas,” writes Andrew Doyle in his The New Puritans (2023). Those who

Democracy must only be allowed to add to liberty, never to undermine it

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Modern-day discussions about liberty rarely conclude without associating it with democracy, nor do discussions about democracy conclude without associating it with liberty. With this textbook

Refreshingly, classical liberal McCloskey receives doctorate from SA university

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Last Wednesday, Stellenbosch University bestowed an honorary commerce doctorate on Professor Deirdre McCloskey, one of the most important classical liberal thinkers of our time. What

Hitler-as-victim and free speech absolutism

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Free expression is an incredibly important part of the edifice of liberty. Offensive or repugnant expression must be unambiguously tolerated. But “free speech absolutism” is

Don’t blame the mob – blame the appeasers

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In the age of so-called “cancel culture,” it takes two to tango: the cancel mob, and those who tolerate and appease them. We might be

Now is the time for the GNU to pre-empt the radicals on the Reserve Bank

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The instances of historical societies and civilisation crumbling under the weight of hyperinflation are numerous – as are modern examples. South Africa has thus far

GNU “reform”: Centralising spaza regulations and excluding foreigners?

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The first notable initiative in government by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) – South Africa’s second oldest existing federalist institution – has been to centralise

Is the DA abandoning its values in the GNU?

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Almost three decades ago, the erstwhile Democratic Party (DP) campaigned on a motto of “Freedom, Free Enterprise, Federalism.” Today – when those three things are