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Shifting the Overton Window in South Africa

14 September 2018 Daniël Eloff 0 Comments Academia, Arguments, Ben Shapiro, debating, Donald Trump, Education, expropriation, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, Logic, Marxism, Overton Window, social justice

The ‘Overton window’ has become a buzzword among many liberty-loving colleagues and allies during the past few years. The term,

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Zachie Achmat May Be A Hero, But He Is Quite Clueless About Free Speech

15 May 201817 November 2018 Guest Writer 0 Comments Democratic Alliance, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, hate speech, Helen Zille, Julius Malema, Zachie Achmat

Written by: Ryan Rutherford In 2016, the Gauteng Health Department relocated nearly 2000 psychiatric patients from Life Esidimeni facilities to underfunded

FMF Welcomes Changes To Hate Speech Bill, But Concerns Remain

17 April 201817 April 2018 The Editor 0 Comments Constitution, Free Market Foundation, Free Speech, freedom of expression, Freedom of Speech, hate speech bill, Penny Sparrow, Racialism, racism, social justice, Vicki Momberg

The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has welcomed changes to the justice department’s Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate

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Vicki Momberg’s Conviction for Racist Speech is Nothing Short of Totalitarian

10 April 2018 Guest Writer 0 Comments collectivism, Constitution, Crime, Economic Freedom Fighters, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, hate speech bill, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Racialism, racism, Vicki Momberg

Written by: Ryan Rutherford The sentencing of Vicki Momberg to three years’ imprisonment, one year of which is suspended, in the

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Why the Disparity in Hate Crime Findings?

2 April 20183 April 2018 Ed Herbst 0 Comments AfriForum, collectivism, Crime, Ernst Roets, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, hate speech, Racialism, racism, Vicki Momberg

“The first case (Bongani Masuku) was resolved eight years after it was initiated and punishment was a public apology. The

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A Message to Apartheid Apologists

8 March 20188 March 2018 Jacques Jonker 0 Comments Apartheid, discrimination, equality, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, Old SA flag, Old South African flag, Rule of Law

First off, I’d like to explain to you and the readers why I am defending your freedom of expression: A

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Reaction to President’s Keepers book shows the incompetence of the State Security Agency

8 November 20179 November 2017 Lolonga Tali 1 Comment African National Congress, Censorship, Free Speech, freedom of expression, Freedom of Speech, Jacob Zuma, Jacques Pauw, SARS, State Security Agency

South Africa is indeed a wonderful country to live in as hardly a day passes without some interesting news. Social

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Rebutting Mamdani on Decolonization

1 November 201730 October 2017 Prof Tim Crowe 0 Comments Academia, Academic freedom, Africa, David Benatar, decolonization, Education, Fallism, Flemming Rose, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, hate speech, Mahmood Mamdani, Marxism, social justice, Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town

‘Decolonization’ at the University of Cape Town (UCT): What is it? How should it be achieved? Part 2: Mahmood Mamdani

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Mahmood Mamdani and the Academic Freedom Lecture: Public Intellectualism Gone Wrong

28 September 201726 September 2017 Prof Tim Crowe 2 Comments Academia, Academic freedom, Fallism, Flemming Rose, Free Speech, freedom of expression, Freedom of Speech, Mahmood Mamdani, University of Cape Town

On 22 August, the University of Cape Town’s 2017 T.B. Davie Memorial Lecture on Academic Freedom titled “Decolonising the Post-Colonial

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Who Gets To Define Racism?

7 July 2017 Daniël Eloff 2 Comments discrimination, Free Speech, Political Correctness, Prejudice, racism, South Africa

In our current global political climate, it is often said that white people should not determine what is and what

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