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Healthcare
29 November 2021
Response to Dr Crisp regarding NHI

Government would have us believe – without any clarifying analysis or supporting research – that if taxpayers pay additional taxes to finance NHI, and the government nationalises the private sector, magically, there will be world-class healthcare available for every citizen in the land.

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Transformation
27 November 2021
The Failure of Foreign Aid

Micro-loans at the local level would do more good than 99.9% of all government projects.

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Rule of law / Law
26 November 2021
Thousands lose their right to South African Citizenship without knowing it; Judge thinks it's nothing unusual yet many countries positively permit dual citizens

There are indeed better ways. The Act could for example, restrict loss of citizenship to cases of renunciation of citizenship or of waging war against the Republic.

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Publication
24 November 2021
FMF Newsletter - 24 November 2021

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News
22 November 2021
Media release: Free Market Foundation elects new board for 2022

The Free Market Foundation (FMF), a civil society think tank committed to economic freedom, personal liberties and open and transparent government in South Africa, has elected its board for 2022.

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Economic freedom / Growth
20 November 2021
Where to for South Africa's economy after the Local Government Elections?

There is no moral duty on a business or an investor to sink time and capital into a given area – to 'give' jobs as such.

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News
17 November 2021
Media release: Free Market Foundation committed to openness

The Free Market Foundation is committed to continuing its decades-long advocacy work for economic freedom, personal liberties and an open, transparent South African society.

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Publication
17 November 2021
FMF Newsletter - 17 November 2021

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Trade and Innovation
15 November 2021
Letter: Government needs to step carefully with localisation master plan

There's little reason to think investors would want to sink capital into a place where government can arbitrarily seize what investors have built over many years.

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Financial sector
15 November 2021
Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill: Another Bureaucratic Power-Grab?

The Bill fails to crisply define its principal stratagem, being the "resolution" by employees of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) of a "systemically important financial institution" (usually a bank) that they in their discretion think may not be able to meet its obligations.

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Publication
10 November 2021
FMF Newsletter - 10 November 2021

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Transformation
09 November 2021
South Africa's Racist and Classist History of Cannabis Regulation

The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill, given the criminalisation of every aspect of criminal usage that it entails, is destined to repeat and propagate the deep-rooted racism and classism of cannabis regulations of previous years.

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