The ANC has no interest in individual liberty; it is the enemy of freedom. Judge Rex van Schalkwyk, FW de Klerk Foundation Panel of Contributors – 26 April 2021 The trouble with political slogans is that they are meaningless. We have seen it with the communist and socialist policies, enacted in the name of the […]
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Understanding the ANC Factional Battles: A Deep History and an Uncertain Future!
Stef Terblanche, FW de Klerk Foundation – 8 April 2021 South Africans continue watching with mixed feelings ranging from anxiety to amusement the power struggle for control of the ruling ANC playing out between two factions – one aligned with President Cyril Ramaphosa, the other with former president Jacob Zuma and ANC Secretary-General (SG) Ace […]
Expropriation Bill offers no solutions to land reform
The Bill covers far more than land, it covers homes, pensions, business premises, mining rights, shares, and unit trusts – all of which will fall within the Bill’s definition of ‘property’ – and all of which will be vulnerable to expropriation for ‘nil’ or inadequate compensation. 25 March 2021 South Africa’s land reform problems stem […]
SOUTH AFRICA, Defend our Democracy! Defend our Constitution!
The way in which the people’s democracy is being subverted by this purposeful cartel undermining good governance, eroding accountability and promoting misrule, points to how those who subvert it will govern South Africa should they succeed. THE ASSAULT ON SOUTH AFRICA’S CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY: A CALL TO UNITED ACTION – 18 March 2021 Twenty-five years ago, […]
Coronavirus is evolving but so are our antibodies
Sarah L Caddy, Clinical Research Fellow in Viral Immunology and Veterinary Surgeon, University of Cambridge and Meng Wang, Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellow, University of Cambridge – 17 March 2021 The emergence of “variants of concern” has raised questions about our long-term immunity to the coronavirus. Will the antibodies we make after being infected […]
Ivermectin study boosts regulator’s court defence
The first substantial peer-reviewed clinical trial of the drug against Covid-19 finds no evidence that it is a wonder medicine A study in Columbia of 398 people with mild Covid-19 symptoms found that ivermectin offered no statistically significant benefit over placebo. This is the first peer-reviewed large clinical trial of the drug against […]
Running out of other peoples’ money
By Anthea Jeffery of the Daily Friend – 11 March, 2021 ‘The problem with socialism’, as British prime minister Margaret Thatcher memorably said, ‘is that you eventually run out of other peoples’ money.’ The truth of this pithy observation is increasingly being brought home to South Africans – as a clutch of media reports from the […]
The ‘Choice’ Conduct of the JSC
FW de Klerk Foundation – 5 March 2021 The FW de Klerk Foundation has taken note of the differing manner in which the Judicial Services Commission of South Africa (JSC) appears to investigate complaints against members of the judiciary. The JSC is a constitutional body in terms of section 178 of the Constitution (read with […]
Johnson & Johnson vaccine looks excellent for SA in first published detailed analysis
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is effective against the strain of SARS-CoV-2 that is dominant in South Africa. For the first time, a detailed analysis of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been published — in a briefing document for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This is the Covid-19 vaccine that is […]
‘No valid or sound reason’ for Zuma’s failure to appear before the inquiry. ZUMA’s reply
The commission will make an application to the constitutional court, which is the court that made the order that Mr Zuma has defied, and seek an order that Mr Zuma is guilty of contempt of court. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo’s ruling 3:47:30 DCJ says the commission will approach the constitutional court to impose […]