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The minimum wage harms the poor
A NMW takes away their ability to find their own way out of poverty.
David Ansara
21 September 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.
A NMW takes away their ability to find their own way out of poverty.
17 September 2026 Blaai af vir Afrikaanse weergawe. The Free Market Foundation (FMF) is in the United States of America this month to inform American counterparts about the state of the United States-South Africa relationship and about conditions inside South Africa that continue to damage that relationship. FMF Chief Executive
It was against this backdrop that the FMF made its submissions to the Court, challenging the constitutionality of the Act on several grounds.
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