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.
Articles By This Author
Comparing the electricity policies of SA’s top five opposition parties
Assuming South Africa will no longer be governed by the African National Congress (ANC) and its affiliates in 2024 or 2029, how will its successor(s)
How the DA should answer Clem Sunter’s rebranding questions
The year 2023 is set to be the beginning of South Africa’s electoral season, as political parties start gearing up for the 2024 general election.
Why ‘Eskom worked well in the past’ is a fundamentally bad argument
South Africa’s electricity crisis is primarily a crisis of monopoly and regulation, not a crisis of corruption and incompetence. Corruption and incompetence are foreseeable risks
Centralisation of basic education should be avoided and parental rights respected
On 15 November 2022, I presented the SAIRR submission – drafted by Dr Anthea Jeffery – on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill, to
Two avenues to provincial policing without ANC cooperation
There are broadly two ways political decentralisation takes place: authority is given, or authority is taken. This applies to the devolution of policing authority to
The ‘good intentions’ of race law: SA’s enduring legislative tradition
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) launched the Index of Race Law on 1 December 2022 – the first day of Reconciliation Month. The Index
Of course the Constitution is an obstacle to your radical plan: that’s the point
ANC national executive committee member Dr Mathole Motshekga (“ANC leader says SA’s Constitution ‘an obstacle to socio-economic transformation’”) joins a small chorus of critics who
DA/ANC coalition? Hell no. Confidence and supply? Maybe
There is great excitement about the possibility of a coalition of ‘wild dog’ parties excluding the African National Congress (ANC) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
South Africa’s Constitution: pretty good, could be better
A society dedicated to institutions – as opposed to personalities and factions – is one that seeks stability and predictability around its supreme constitution. Even
Business is gagged in the SA administrative state
I was surprised by the enthusiastic, ideological defence of the colour bar by John Dludlu (“Dis-Chem is on the right path with transformation”), decades after