By Eustace Davie, courtesy Libre Afrique and Contrepoints The South African Parliament needs to review the legislation and regulations governing the mining industry. Indeed, this legal framework does not respect the Constitution and is responsible for the uncertainty that hangs over the South […]
Tag: rule of law
Don’t worry about Serbia’s trade deals — democracy and rule of law are more pressing concerns
By Mihailo Gajic, Head of Research, LIBEK & TES Contributor On October 25th, Serbia will sign a trade deal with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), a Russian-backed trade federation — a mostly symbolic move which has however led to a widespread, and totally erroneous, belief that Serbia actually intends to […]
Liberalism ain’t obsolete, Vlad – YOU are
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president/prime minister/president for life, recently declared liberalism “obsolete” in an interview with the Financial Times. According to Putin, whose own political shelf life must surely be ticking down, liberalism is done for because it has “come into conflict with the […]
District Woke: Sorry, RBG’s Wrong on South Africa
By Richard Tren, TES Contributor A friend of mine likes to describe Washington, DC as the “parasite on the Potomac.” The city is home to countless bureaucrats, lobbyists, lawyers, and non-profit workers who, in some way or another, make a living off the federal government and far too often at taxpayers’ expense. The […]