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Consumer Rights
28 November 2022
Competition is good

Competition is a forge. It’s hot, full of flames and potentially dangerous. But if used correctly, will create something durable, precious, and valuable.

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Economic freedom / Growth
25 November 2022
Transnet strikers and other government employees are killing the golden goose

With news of public sector employees demanding above inflation wage increases and workers at Transnet going on strike this year, the role of government in employment must is reconsidered to determine whether it is beneficial to our society.

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Finance
24 November 2022
The folly of a wealth tax

Government is proposing a tax on the wealth of the richest 1% of individuals (354,000 of them), at rates of 3-7% of wealth above R3.6 million.

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Economic freedom / Growth
23 November 2022
The Hanseatic Approach

Everybody got the hots for glory. Nobody stopped to scrutinise the plans. Paul Simon If South Africa was a horse, we would probably shoot it. But it is instead a one-horse country, and we have to find a way to save it. Imminent national collapse looms.

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News
23 November 2022
FMF Newsletter - 23 November 2022

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Trade and Innovation
22 November 2022
Protectionism hits the legal profession

It is not uncommon for a fledgling domestic industry to lobby its government to legislate in its favor and shield it from competition with other foreign industries which trade in similar or the same goods.

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Small Business
22 November 2022
Media release: Darlene Menzies launches review of FINANCE legislation that affects small business

On 22 November 2022, the Free Market Foundation (FMF) presented its eighth and final booklet in a series titled Laws Affecting Small Business. Darlene Menzies, founder and CEO of FinFind, the country’s only aggregator of all loan offerings to the Small and Medium Enterprise sector, outlined the problems caused by a prevalence of legislation governing the administration and access to finance by small businesses, and recommended solutions.

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Small Business
21 November 2022
Small business: The (underdiscussed) land question

Getting South Africa onto a productive growth path is an existential issue for the country’s future.

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News
21 November 2022
Writing the next chapter of the FMF’s history

How unfortunate and ironic that this was the name chosen by the most vocal proponents of Marxist-Leninism in South Africa.

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Land Reform
18 November 2022
The necessity of property rights

Property rights are the bedrock of modern civilisation. Without certainty that one’s property will remain theirs, and not become the stolen property of criminals and robber barons, there is no incentive to develop said property, invest in it, or even maintain it.

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News
18 November 2022
Media release: FMF AGM: A productive 2022, and a 2023 full of opportunities, for free market advocacy

The Free Market Foundation (FMF) held its annual general meeting (AGM) for 2022 on 17 November in Bryanston, where 2021/22 Board chair Rex van Schalkwyk and incoming chief executive David Ansara reported on progress over the preceding year and provided the roadmap for the future.

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Small Business
17 November 2022
Labour liberalisation key to incentivise employment and small business growth

South Africa’s labour-law regime is difficult, if not impossible, for small businesses to comply with. It imposes a relatively higher cost on them than on large firms.

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