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Press release: Proposal to ban foreign funding of NGOs a red herring – FSU SA

Repeated attempts have been made to restrict the activities and views of NGOs by, inter alia, interfering with their funding. Why is the African Transformation ...

Press release from FSU Australia: The eSafety Commissioner's latest legal loss (including serious judicial criticism)

FSU Australia scores a win against the eSafety Commissioner of Australia.The Commissioner was found to have been illegally taking down social media posts! A ...

Press release: Freedom of speech at risk as UCT places guest lecture “on hold”

The 2024 Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture was to be delivered on 17 October by alumnus Claudius Senst, the chief executive of Bild newspaper, Germany’s largest ...

FSU SA joins global free speech campaign

Free speech is under assault in the English speaking world. The UK, New Zealand and Australia are in a fraught position and, although free speech is not as ...

SABC won’t flight DA’s “burning flag” ad: Whose public broadcaster is it, anyway?

The DA advert, depicting a burning flag, has seen moral outrage over the 'desecration' of a national symbol. The SABC refuses to flight it. Not only was it ...

The common law crime of defamation has been abolished!

South Africa has followed a trend in the democratic world to repeal the common law crime of defamation. Governments and leaders can use it to punish criticism ...

Press Release: Vigilance needed in testing ANC’s election strategy ‘regime-change’ claims

The ANC, including President Ramaphosa, Minister of International Affairs, Naledi Pandor, and Justice Minister, Ronald Lamola are making public comments that ...

Press release: Cowardice of Cricket South Africa undermines free speech in South Africa

FSU SA say that CSA has brought South Africa into disrepute by demoting David Teeger from the captaincy of the U19 Cricket World Cup squad. The tournament is ...

For freedom’s sake, Ramaphosa must reject hate crimes, hate speech Bill – FSU SA

The 'hate speech bill' criminalises hate speech, which circumscribes free speech. But how do we decide what hate speech is in order to criminalise it?

Hate speech bill unconstitutional and unnecessary – FSU SA

The Free Speech Union of South Africa believes the Hate Speech Bill is both unconstitutional and unnecessary. In its written and oral submissions to the Select ...