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 …
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 …
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 …
2018 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RULE OF LAW PROJECT FREE MARKET FOUNDATION (Abridged version) Contents MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN ACTIVITY REPORT MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN In the utopian society; one in which governance is administered …
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 …
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 …
Author: Gary Moore Date: 11 November 2018 The Constitution[1] states that all citizens are equally entitled to the rights, privileges and benefits of citizenship and equally subject to the duties and responsibilities of citizenship.[2] National legislation …
Author: Gary Moore Date: 14 November 2018 The Superior Courts Act, 2013[1] states that it is an Act to rationalise, consolidate and amend the laws relating to the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Appeal and …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 November 2018 Press release Police oversight regime is constitutionally inadequate New research by the Rule of Law Project has revealed that the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act (IPID Act) contravenes …
Author: Gary Moore Date: 31 October 2018 The Financial Markets Act, 2012[1] states that it is an Act to provide for[2] the regulation of financial markets, inter alia.[3] The Act stipulates that it must be …
