Leon Louw is executive director of the Free Market Foundation, South Africa, a position he has held since 1978, and the Law Review Project. He is a well-known South African personality who has for more than a generation been active in diverse aspects of public life. He is credited with having had a significant impact on the course of events in South Africa. Widely published both nationally and internationally, Louw is co-author of South Africa: The Solution and Let the People Govern.