PUBLICATIONS
The Free Market Foundation issues regular press statements, makes submissions to organs of state, and publishes articles, papers, and books, on matters related to individual liberty, private property, free enterprise, and limited government.
The Free Market Foundation congratulates Head of Policy Dr Martin van Staden on being conferred with the Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree by the University of Pretoria on 13 May.
Scrapping fees for the unemployed is a positive step, but true progress requires removing the deeper regulatory obstacles that keep millions from working.
The proposed amendments raise serious concerns about legality, delegated authority, and parliamentary oversight
The Government of National Unity is operating on borrowed time, and must now choose liberty and accountability over continued failure.
As South Africa continues to grapple with rising costs of living and limited economic growth, policies that promote competition and economic freedom remain essential for protecting consumers.
The proposed tax is likely to drive users to offshore online casinos, which, according to industry research, already account for roughly 62% of all online gambling activity.
Bitcoin is ‘freedom money’, and as an organisation that cares about promoting and defending freedom, we see great promise in Bitcoin
The national minimum wage and rigid hiring and dismissal rules have become weapons of exclusion.
What an incredible honour it is to receive, on behalf of Khaya Lam, the Bertie Lubner Humanitarian Award.
The ANC-led government is willing to trade the freedom of South Africans for its own power and privilege.
Section 235 deliberately emerged as a vague and cautious political compromise after protracted contestation on the nature of the new political dispensation during the negotiations to end Apartheid.
The instinct to regulate AI, like many other forms of regulation, is intuitive.
South African farmers are skilled and able to feed the country.
Instead of blaming other countries, or begging for their support, South Africa should look to itself first.
Racism and unequal treatment before the law are wrong regardless of scale.
The simple answer is that no one is, at least not entirely.
Allow companies to take risks on their own terms, and don’t protect workers from economic realities or accountability.
Safeguard the value of South Africans’ hard-earned money from state failure and overreach.
Exempt the unemployed from the cause of their unemployment: labour laws.
FMF Policy Brief Summary South Africa’s proposed Tobacco Bill poses a grave threat to constitutional governance and individual freedoms. This report exposes how excessive ministerial
FMF-Property Rights Alliance Report Summary The Property Rights Alliance’s 2025 International Property Rights Index (IPRI) ranks 126 countries on the strength of their legal and
CASE STUDY Expropriation of property without compensation: the case of South Africa and international worst practice Authored by the FMF’s Head of Policy Martin van
Beyond savings, cuts alleviate regulatory proliferation, boosting investment 1-2% and GDP.
The process to adopt the Tobacco Bill has been fatally flawed.
Joint FMF-EPICENTER report on the spillover of European policymaking.
Practical proposals to save South Africa from an impending trade disaster.
The FMF’s submission on the proposed Amendments to the B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice.
The FMF’s submission on the draft National Online Gambling Tax discussion paper.
The FMF’s submission on the 2025 Business Licensing Bill.
The FMF’s submission on the 2023 GILAB.
Competition Commission Summary The Free Market Foundation is of the view that the draft Public Interest Guidelines for Merger Control undermines the constitutional imperative of
The NHI Bill is politically motivated, unaffordable, incapable of delivering better health outcomes, and will infringe on numerous constitutional rights.
The Free Market Foundation congratulates Head of Policy Dr Martin van Staden on being conferred with the Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree by the University of Pretoria on 13 May.
Scrapping fees for the unemployed is a positive step, but true progress requires removing the deeper regulatory obstacles that keep millions from working.
The proposed amendments raise serious concerns about legality, delegated authority, and parliamentary oversight
The Government of National Unity is operating on borrowed time, and must now choose liberty and accountability over continued failure.
As South Africa continues to grapple with rising costs of living and limited economic growth, policies that promote competition and economic freedom remain essential for protecting consumers.
The proposed tax is likely to drive users to offshore online casinos, which, according to industry research, already account for roughly 62% of all online gambling activity.
Bitcoin is ‘freedom money’, and as an organisation that cares about promoting and defending freedom, we see great promise in Bitcoin
The national minimum wage and rigid hiring and dismissal rules have become weapons of exclusion.
What an incredible honour it is to receive, on behalf of Khaya Lam, the Bertie Lubner Humanitarian Award.
The ANC-led government is willing to trade the freedom of South Africans for its own power and privilege.
Section 235 deliberately emerged as a vague and cautious political compromise after protracted contestation on the nature of the new political dispensation during the negotiations to end Apartheid.
The instinct to regulate AI, like many other forms of regulation, is intuitive.
South African farmers are skilled and able to feed the country.
Instead of blaming other countries, or begging for their support, South Africa should look to itself first.
Racism and unequal treatment before the law are wrong regardless of scale.
The simple answer is that no one is, at least not entirely.
Allow companies to take risks on their own terms, and don’t protect workers from economic realities or accountability.
Safeguard the value of South Africans’ hard-earned money from state failure and overreach.
Exempt the unemployed from the cause of their unemployment: labour laws.
FMF Policy Brief Summary South Africa’s proposed Tobacco Bill poses a grave threat to constitutional governance and individual freedoms. This report exposes how excessive ministerial
FMF-Property Rights Alliance Report Summary The Property Rights Alliance’s 2025 International Property Rights Index (IPRI) ranks 126 countries on the strength of their legal and
CASE STUDY Expropriation of property without compensation: the case of South Africa and international worst practice Authored by the FMF’s Head of Policy Martin van
Beyond savings, cuts alleviate regulatory proliferation, boosting investment 1-2% and GDP.
The process to adopt the Tobacco Bill has been fatally flawed.
Joint FMF-EPICENTER report on the spillover of European policymaking.
Practical proposals to save South Africa from an impending trade disaster.
The FMF’s submission on the proposed Amendments to the B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice.
The FMF’s submission on the draft National Online Gambling Tax discussion paper.
The FMF’s submission on the 2025 Business Licensing Bill.
The FMF’s submission on the 2023 GILAB.
Competition Commission Summary The Free Market Foundation is of the view that the draft Public Interest Guidelines for Merger Control undermines the constitutional imperative of
The NHI Bill is politically motivated, unaffordable, incapable of delivering better health outcomes, and will infringe on numerous constitutional rights.
