Shifting the Overton Window in South Africa
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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Free Speech
Zachie Achmat May Be A Hero, But He Is Quite Clueless About Free Speech
Written by: Ryan Rutherford In 2016, the Gauteng Health Department relocated nearly 2000 psychiatric patients from Life Esidimeni facilities to underfunded
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FMF Welcomes Changes To Hate Speech Bill, But Concerns Remain
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
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?
“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
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
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
‘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
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?
In our current global political climate, it is often said that white people should not determine what is and what
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