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.

BizNews
Eustace Davie

Most matrics won’t get jobs

The education system, already failing to prepare learners, feeds into a labour system that keeps them unemployed. It is a vicious cycle that must be broken.

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Education
Dr Morné Malan

Liberty First: Regulation

In order to promote a dynamic economy, the government must reduce regulatory burdens across
the economy, enabling greater participation from private enterprise.

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Decentralisation
Christoph Klein

Privatisation in Practice

It is difficult to maintain in South Africa that the state should provide – much less monopolise – any good or service, given its track record.

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Expropriation / Confiscation
Free Market Foundation

FMF 2021 submission on Expropriation Bill

In general, the Bill seeks to make it too easy for government to engage in expropriation in general, and must be beefed up with additional safeguards for the rights and interests of citizens and others who own property in South Africa.

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Expropriation / Confiscation
Free Market Foundation

FMF 2019 submission on Expropriation Bill

The FMF has identified various provisions in the Expropriation Bill that fall foul of the imperatives of property rights and of the advancement of human rights and the Rule of Law. Where appropriate, we recommend rectification or removal from the final version of the Bill.

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BizNews
Eustace Davie

Most matrics won’t get jobs

The education system, already failing to prepare learners, feeds into a labour system that keeps them unemployed. It is a vicious cycle that must be broken.

Read More »
Education
Dr Morné Malan

Liberty First: Regulation

In order to promote a dynamic economy, the government must reduce regulatory burdens across
the economy, enabling greater participation from private enterprise.

Read More »
Decentralisation
Christoph Klein

Privatisation in Practice

It is difficult to maintain in South Africa that the state should provide – much less monopolise – any good or service, given its track record.

Read More »
Expropriation / Confiscation
Free Market Foundation

FMF 2021 submission on Expropriation Bill

In general, the Bill seeks to make it too easy for government to engage in expropriation in general, and must be beefed up with additional safeguards for the rights and interests of citizens and others who own property in South Africa.

Read More »
Expropriation / Confiscation
Free Market Foundation

FMF 2019 submission on Expropriation Bill

The FMF has identified various provisions in the Expropriation Bill that fall foul of the imperatives of property rights and of the advancement of human rights and the Rule of Law. Where appropriate, we recommend rectification or removal from the final version of the Bill.

Read More »