David Ansara: Protection in a failing SA - practical ways to make yourself ‘State-proof’.

When the Free Market Foundation’s co-founder Leon Louw was elbowed out of the organisation, many wondered whether it could survive without its long-time guide. Judging by the vigorous contributions of those who remain - and the energetic new CEO, David Ansara, those concerns are irrelevant. Last night Ansara delivered a tour de force at Johannesburg’s Rand Club, the venerable institute in the Loveday Street deep in the CBD, which, like the FMF itself, appeared to be heading for oblivion. Republished in full below (courtesy of editor of Politicsweb Dr James Myburgh) the speech is a reminder of those addresses of an earlier age - carefully crafted works of verbal art which, for centuries, shaped public opinion long before the age of soundbites and Tik Tok. I followed up this afternoon by interviewing Ansara about his talk, exploring areas of his address in greater depth. His forthright and rational message exposes ‘uber truths’ of our society. In brief: Pretoria is part of the problem; the SA state is failing; so each of us needs to take practical steps to ‘State-proof’; but don’t be despondent because what replaces the status quo can be so much better. As Ansara concludes, “The centre cannot hold. Thank goodness.” - Alec Hogg