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Press release: Rule of Law Project in court to protect free expression, equality at law

Posted on 16 09, 201916 09, 2019

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 September 2019 Press release Rule of Law Project in court to protect free expression, equality at law Legislation which governs hate speech must be interpreted in line with the constitutional right to freedom of expression, and...Read More

Pension Funds Act (28 of 1956)

Posted on 11 07, 201912 07, 2019

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 11 July 2019 The Pension Funds Act, 1956[1] provides for the registration and regulation of pension funds.[2] Pension funds must be registered under the Act before commencing pension-fund business.[3] Anyone who contravenes[4] this requirement is guilty...Read More

Press release: Interference in home rentals sector economically and constitutionally reckless

Posted on 13 06, 201913 06, 2019

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 June 2019 Press release Interference in home rentals sector economically and constitutionally reckless The Rule of Law Project believes the Tourism Amendment Bill represents a legally and economically unjustifiable intervention in the private and commercial affairs...Read More

Review of laws governing electricity provision

Posted on 13 06, 201913 06, 2019

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 13 June 2019 This memorandum considers legislation[1] governing electricity provision, and Eskom in particular. It is concluded that the legislation violates the Rule of Law in some respects. Before Eskom was established, the provision of electricity...Read More

Electoral Act (73 of 1998)

Posted on 01 05, 201907 05, 2019

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 1 May 2019 The Constitution[1] in its founding provisions[2] declares that South Africa is founded on values which include universal adult suffrage and a national common voters’ roll,[3] that there is a common South African citizenship,[4] and that...Read More

Press release: UCT Council vote on would be discriminatory and violate academic freedom

Posted on 29 03, 201929 03, 2019

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29 March 2019 Press release UCT Council vote on Saturday 30 March would be unlawful, discriminatory and violate academic freedom On Saturday 30 March, University of Cape Town (UCT) council members will vote on a controversial motion...Read More

Legal opinion on UCT vote to boycott Israeli institutions

Posted on 28 03, 201929 03, 2019

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Author: Adv Mark Oppenheimer Date: 28 March 2019 INTRODUCTION 1. The Consultant is the Free Market Foundation’s Rule of Law Project. The Free Market Foundation is an independent public benefit organisation founded in 1975 to promote and foster an open...Read More

Annual Report (2018)

Posted on 15 01, 201922 01, 2019

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2018 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RULE OF LAW PROJECT FREE MARKET FOUNDATION (Abridged version) Contents MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN ACTIVITY REPORT MISCELLANEOUS MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN In the utopian society; one in which governance is administered with a light hand...Read More

National Water Act (36 of 1998)

Posted on 17 12, 201819 12, 2018

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 17 December 2018 The National Water Act, 1998[1] states that it is an Act to provide for fundamental reform of the law relating to water resources.[2] The Act’s provisions envisage the making by the Minister[3] of...Read More

Private Security Industry Regulation Act (56 of 2001)

Posted on 11 12, 201812 12, 2018

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 11 December 2018 The Constitutional Court has declared that there is a disturbingly dark side to the often-stated miracle of South Africa’s constitutional democracy: The country is plagued by crime, often viciously violent, sometimes sophisticated and...Read More

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