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“The fastest way to grow the economy is to shrink the state,” Ansara said. “This requires deregulation of commerce, liberalisation of labour markets and a reduction of the size and scope of government.”
A significant part of South Africa’s price inflation can be attributed to a variety of administrative and legislative initiatives which depress supply in the economy.
The FMF calls on the GNU to cut job-killing regulations and lower the barriers to entry into South Africa’s labour market.
By end-June 2024, Khaya Lam had completed 15,632 transfers – an average of 331 transfers per month since February 2023.
The FMF calls for a reduction in the size of government, the promotion of free trade and private property rights, greater protection of the domestic currency, and a significant decrease in regulation.
The FMF proposes that the current, bloated Cabinet should be reduced from 31 portfolios to only 10 ministries.
In the document, titled Liberty First: A policy agenda for South Africa’s 2024-2029 parliamentary term, the FMF argues that the path to prosperity is not only accessible, but that it is charted.
These preconditions should be given legislative effect within the first month after Parliament’s first sitting on Friday, 14 June.
The FMF warns that the eagerness to form a ‘government of national unity’ risks co-opting the opposition at a time when accountability is most needed.
The fact that the DA is meant to be in charge of Basic Education, yet has been ignored by the ANC, shows a profound disrespect for the GNU.
The JSEC allows workers to choose to be exempt from certain provisions of SA’s various labour laws, allowing a South African to compete with the hypothetical immigrant on an even footing, without being inhibited by legislation.
Like the DA, Gwarube herself has no democratic authority to serve exclusively at the pleasure of the President.
If the GNU is to usher in a brighter future for this country, it must do all it can to end EWC, NHI, and BEE.
Equality of rights is a regime of individual liberty while equality of results requires regimentation and the eradication of liberty.
The solution to municipal collapse is to replace their functions with institutions that are directly incentivised to do a good job.
The Bill is fraught with apparent good intentions hiding a mish-mash of ill-conceived meddling.
NUMSA’s rigid stance on wages ignores the South African reality that some income, even if modest, is better than nothing.
A ‘one-coalition’ state is not necessarily much better than a ‘one-party’ state, as the erstwhile National Front in East Germany and the so-called Unified Front in modern Communist China shows.
What the FMF believes the new government must focus on for the next five years.
The FMF’s proposed codification of South African criminal law.
A manifesto of the FMF’s Section 12 Initiative.
FMF Special Paper Summary The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is per definition a federal one. It entrenches original authority for all three
FMF Special Paper Summary Constitutionalism – one of classical liberalism’s significant legacies in jurisprudence – is the idea that the state must be subject to
These measures, taken in isolation, would do harm to constitutional rights and freedoms, but taken together threaten the very rules of South Africa’s democratic game.
RET can only one thing: our present policy direction of more government involvement in economic affairs must be abandoned in favour of a radical new path.
When regulatory rules and red tape go off the rails, the entire economy takes a knock.
The FMF’s proposed draft Promotion of Economic Activity 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.
Since the Constitution’s public participation conditions have not been met, and since no compliant SEIA has been produced, we urge the Committee to refer the Bill back to the Department.
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.
Despite the fact that the Constitution is often heralded as one of the most liberal in the world, it has been applied and interpreted in profoundly illiberal ways.
Expropriation without compensation is offensive to constitutionalism, and should not be considered a valid route to a prosperous future.
The Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill violates various of the imperatives of the Rule of Law.
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.
“The fastest way to grow the economy is to shrink the state,” Ansara said. “This requires deregulation of commerce, liberalisation of labour markets and a reduction of the size and scope of government.”
A significant part of South Africa’s price inflation can be attributed to a variety of administrative and legislative initiatives which depress supply in the economy.
The FMF calls on the GNU to cut job-killing regulations and lower the barriers to entry into South Africa’s labour market.
By end-June 2024, Khaya Lam had completed 15,632 transfers – an average of 331 transfers per month since February 2023.
The FMF calls for a reduction in the size of government, the promotion of free trade and private property rights, greater protection of the domestic currency, and a significant decrease in regulation.
The FMF proposes that the current, bloated Cabinet should be reduced from 31 portfolios to only 10 ministries.
In the document, titled Liberty First: A policy agenda for South Africa’s 2024-2029 parliamentary term, the FMF argues that the path to prosperity is not only accessible, but that it is charted.
These preconditions should be given legislative effect within the first month after Parliament’s first sitting on Friday, 14 June.
The FMF warns that the eagerness to form a ‘government of national unity’ risks co-opting the opposition at a time when accountability is most needed.
The fact that the DA is meant to be in charge of Basic Education, yet has been ignored by the ANC, shows a profound disrespect for the GNU.
The JSEC allows workers to choose to be exempt from certain provisions of SA’s various labour laws, allowing a South African to compete with the hypothetical immigrant on an even footing, without being inhibited by legislation.
Like the DA, Gwarube herself has no democratic authority to serve exclusively at the pleasure of the President.
If the GNU is to usher in a brighter future for this country, it must do all it can to end EWC, NHI, and BEE.
Equality of rights is a regime of individual liberty while equality of results requires regimentation and the eradication of liberty.
The solution to municipal collapse is to replace their functions with institutions that are directly incentivised to do a good job.
The Bill is fraught with apparent good intentions hiding a mish-mash of ill-conceived meddling.
NUMSA’s rigid stance on wages ignores the South African reality that some income, even if modest, is better than nothing.
A ‘one-coalition’ state is not necessarily much better than a ‘one-party’ state, as the erstwhile National Front in East Germany and the so-called Unified Front in modern Communist China shows.
What the FMF believes the new government must focus on for the next five years.
The FMF’s proposed codification of South African criminal law.
A manifesto of the FMF’s Section 12 Initiative.
FMF Special Paper Summary The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is per definition a federal one. It entrenches original authority for all three
FMF Special Paper Summary Constitutionalism – one of classical liberalism’s significant legacies in jurisprudence – is the idea that the state must be subject to
These measures, taken in isolation, would do harm to constitutional rights and freedoms, but taken together threaten the very rules of South Africa’s democratic game.
RET can only one thing: our present policy direction of more government involvement in economic affairs must be abandoned in favour of a radical new path.
When regulatory rules and red tape go off the rails, the entire economy takes a knock.
The FMF’s proposed draft Promotion of Economic Activity 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.
Since the Constitution’s public participation conditions have not been met, and since no compliant SEIA has been produced, we urge the Committee to refer the Bill back to the Department.
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.
Despite the fact that the Constitution is often heralded as one of the most liberal in the world, it has been applied and interpreted in profoundly illiberal ways.
Expropriation without compensation is offensive to constitutionalism, and should not be considered a valid route to a prosperous future.
The Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill violates various of the imperatives of the Rule of Law.
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.
