Constitutionalism / Rule of Law
Do not just look at the institutions
Institutions do not run themselves. They are run by human beings with agency, who possess their own ideas and interests.
Ayanda Zulu
7 October 2026
The Free Market Foundation has been South Africa’s premier advocate of individual liberty, private property, free enterprise, and limited constitutional government since 1975.
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The Free Market Foundation has been South Africa’s premier advocate of individual liberty, private property, free enterprise, and limited constitutional government since 1975.
Institutions do not run themselves. They are run by human beings with agency, who possess their own ideas and interests.
NSFAS asks whether an applicant is poor enough to receive the money. It does not seriously ask whether spending the money in the proposed way is likely to make that applicant less poor.
South Africa ranks 87th out of 165 countries and territories in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2026 Annual Report (EFW), released today by the FMF in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute.
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