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Discovery CEO Adrian Gore mentioned at the recent Leadership Summit that there is an element of “declinism” -- a pessimism about the state of one’s country -- in South Africa, and that it did not accurately represent the situation facing our country.…

South Africa now ranks 110 out of 162 in the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) 2018 index. It had been reported that SA’s ranking was 94. However, following an error in World Bank data, spotted and investigated by Free Market Foundation’s (FMF) Eus…

It is a common temptation, in the months before an election, for politicians to promise the moon to those voters they fear might be attracted to the similarly lofty promises of a rival party.…

Reality can be avoided for only so long. The South African economy has slipped into its first technical recession since 2009.…

In 2005, former President Mbeki committed his government to an economic growth target of 6 per cent, but only after 2010.…

Despite Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi not wanting to commit to even a rough estimate of costs of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, the failure thereof will be funding.…

Two major studies on poverty in South Africa have caused understandable alarums this last year.…

To say that South Africa is a capitalist society is popular among journalists, politicians, and trade unionists.…