21 May 2019 - As economic freedom gains traction in different spheres of the world, with marked successes most notable in Asia of late, understanding how markets come about within a state of economic freedom are tied closely to limitations on arbitrary executive powers.
Media
Every week we reach hundreds of thousands of people through placing arguments in the media in support of the principles we stand for. No other advocacy group in the country does as much as we do to promote support for policies that defend your right, and that of your community, to make decisions about your own life free from counter-productive government interference.
20 May 2019 - The ANC and its communist and trade union allies will no doubt be outraged, but there is little they can do if Mr Ramaphosa now (albeit belatedly) asserts the supremacy of the Constitution over his party.
20 May 2019 - The 1928 flag that flew over apartheid has not, however, been waved at a rally to harm others in my lifetime. I hope it never does. And there is civic pride to be drawn from the fact that there is not one proven case of the flag being used to rally political support to mobilize a hateful cause. A civic pride that swells when you think of every instance in which the new and beautiful flag has been waved, voluntarily, without any law to force it, in bathrooms and living rooms and on the side-windows of cars and by the tens of thousands in our stadia.
20 May 2019 - To invoke the constitution as offering protection — as the president does — is rather disingenuous, since he and his party are formally committed to amending it.
20 May 2019 - They are neglected by, and indifferent to, formal politics, but theirs is arguably the greater force, the real “people’s power” of individuals making demonstrably better choices for themselves than the democratic electoral process has proved itself capable of.
19 May 2019 - Wil die DA sy kiesers terughê? Dit sal die vraag wees wat die party in die maande vorentoe homself sal moet afvra.
17 May 2019 - If this is indeed genuine, and represents the intention of the ANC and the government, it raises troubling questions about the direction of policy. It suggests a recommitment to a dirigiste path that – in view of the pathologies within the state – has no chance of driving growth and promoting prosperity.
17 May 2019 - ANC propaganda over decades has so blurred and distorted the historical record as to make it very difficult to understand this two-stage struggle: the first for power and the second for a communist future. So long as most people are denied the truth on these vital issues, so long will they persist in expressing their discontent in a way that suits the ANC very well – by staying away from the polls, rather than by voting a more credible party into power.
17 May 2019 - The threat that stock theft poses to South Africa’s farmers should not be underestimated; neither should the damage that this is doing to the economy. Until it enjoys far greater recognition by society and priority from government, it is likely to continue to do so.
15 May 2019 - It is little wonder the DA is of the view that Maimane enjoys the party’s full support. Who else is there? What else is there? The organisational and ideological leadership is threadbare. It’s Maimane or bust, and the DA knows it.
15 May 2019 - Our polls accurately identified that the ANC was polling in the mid-50s, was significantly down in KwaZulu-Natal, had a serious problem in Gauteng, that the DA majority in the Western Cape was relatively safe, and that the ANC and EFF were locked in a battle for 5% of alienated ANC voters, and where they ended up would determine the result. All of which no-one else did.
14 May 2019 - Wat ’n mens se standpunt oor vuurwapeneienaarskap ook al mag wees, behoort die wyse waarop die staatsowerhede die saak in die verlede benader het ’n rede tot kommer te wees vir almal wat burgerlike vryheid en regverdige administrasie van waarde ag.