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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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The ANC’s choice for South Africa: Federation or dissolution
- By Martin van Staden
- . Oct 28, 2021
This is the fifth and final article in a series on the topic of federalism in South Africa, past, present, and future. Each article may
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South Africa: A federation without federalism
- By Martin van Staden
- . Oct 23, 2021
This is the fourth in a series of five articles on the topic of federalism in South Africa, past, present, and future. Each article may
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Federalism and the promise of the transition
- By Martin van Staden
- . Oct 21, 2021
This is the third in a series of five articles on the topic of federalism in South Africa, past, present, and future. Each article may
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The KwaZulu Indaba and the federalist slide-away
- By Martin van Staden
- . Oct 20, 2021
This is the second in a series of five articles on the topic of federalism in South Africa, past, present, and future. Each article may
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South African federalism before the transition
- By Martin van Staden
- . Oct 16, 2021
This is the first in a series of five articles on the topic of federalism in South Africa, past, present, and future. Each article may
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The liberal case against (vaccine) passports
- By Martin van Staden
- . Sep 11, 2021
Jonathan Katzenellenbogen in his piece, “Vaccine passports, please”, makes a liberal case for vaccine passports, being those pieces of documentary evidence of vaccination that will
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The liberal case against vaccine passports
- By Martin van Staden
- . Sep 9, 2021
Jonathan Katzenellenbogen in his piece, “Vaccine passports, please”, makes a liberal case for vaccine passports, being those pieces of documentary evidence of vaccination that will
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Municipal elections: Is the Constitution a ‘living document’ capable of being adapted?
- By Martin van Staden
- . Aug 28, 2021
We live in extraordinary times which we never dare label ‘normal’ (‘new’ or otherwise). Does this mean that our highest law, the Constitution, must be
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Why Not Even the Constitutional Court Can (Legally) Postpone the 2021 Municipal Elections
- By Martin van Staden
- . Jul 31, 2021
Former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has recommended that the 2021 municipal elections be postponed to early 2022. There is no constitutional possibility of this
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Will South Africans allow government to introduce a hut tax for the SABC’s benefit?
- By Martin van Staden
- . Jul 19, 2021
‘The more things change, the more they stay the same’, seems to be a proverb that the South African government has adopted wholesale. The yet