Elephants and Zebras

  Imagine an oasis in the Kalahari desert, isolated by many miles of searing desert. A large tribe of elephants live in the vicinity of the oasis, eating the vegetation surrounding the water of the oasis. The fertility of the vegetation is maintained mainly by the excrement from a herd of unusually productive zebras, as […]

Authoritarians

 A talk presented by Trevor Watkins at the 2014 Libertarian Spring Seminar in Jeffreys Bay. I wish to plant a new dichotomy in your brains. You can forget your liberals and conservatives, your communists and anarchists, your republicans and democrats, your christians and atheists. The world can be divided into just 2 groups, libertarians who value […]

Vivian A. Atud – The best way to promote individual freedom in South Africa

This is the essay and motivation contributed by Vivian A. Atud as her entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister. This essay was one of the winning entries. Simply put, individual freedom focuses on the fact that all values are human-centred, the individual is of supreme importance, and all individuals are morally […]

Koketso Sebolai – The best way to promote Individual Freedom in South Africa

his is the essay and motivation contributed by Koketso Sebolai as his entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister.  Introduction South Africans have considered themselves and the Country as free. That’s mainly because for over 40 years we were enslaved by the apartheid regime. When it comes to Individual Freedom most of […]

Langa Bodlani – The best way to promote individual freedom in South Africa.

This is the essay and motivation contributed by Langa Bodlani as his entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister.  Is this the matter about which we should be having a discussion in South Africa. After all is our constitution, hailed as the most progressive, not a sufficient guarantor of individual freedoms.  The […]

Kate Louw – How I would promote individual liberty in South Africa

The best way for me to promote individual liberty in South Africa would be for me to join the Free Market Foundation full time. However I doubt I will do that any time soon. Another way would be for me to pursue my interest in the political freedom of the most helpless sector of the […]

JP Myburg–Van Der Walt – The best way to promote individual freedom in South Africa

This is the essay and motivation contributed by JP Myburg–Van Der Walt as his entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister. Individuality!? Words spoken on lips by the Government, is it empty promises with a perfect picture painted by people to illustrate an imaginative world??? Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, […]

Jasson Urbach – The best way to promote individual freedom in South Africa

This is the essay and motivation contributed by Jasson Urbach as his entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister. This essay was one of the winning entries. The best way to promote individual freedom in South Africa… is to win the hearts and minds of South Africa’s citizens and provide them with the […]

Jeremy Burnham – The best way to promote individual freedom in South Africa

This is the essay and motivation contributed by Jeremy Burnham as his entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister. First we need to establish that individual freedom is desirable.  InSouth Africathis comes up against two linked propensities – ubuntu and jealousy.  Ubuntu with its romantic and historical appeal is easy to justify […]

I Swart – How I would promote individual liberty in South Africa

This is the essay and motivation contributed by I Swart as her entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister The Best Way to Promote Individual Freedom in South Africa, is by actively encouraging a value system that encompasses doing no harm, whilst taking responsibility for one’s actions. Individual freedom cannot be attained […]