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5 July 2023
WELCOME TO THE FMF ARCHIVE
This dedicated section of our website housing historical content, articles, reports, and publications. With a legacy spanning over 50 years, the FMF’s archive includes material dating back to our founding in 1975.
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‘Who decides?’ A defence of liberal individualism
Much of political philosophy can be traced back, in some form or another, to this simple question: ‘who decides?’
4 July 2023
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Procurement reform: If not privatise, then democratise
In May, the City of Ekurhuleni issued a tender to acquire six Xbox Series X consoles, videogames, and peripherals to make public libraries “4IR compliant”.
3 July 2023
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Government, SADTU, and even parents, are robbing South Africa’s future
Education receives the biggest chunk of the South African government’s budget, whilst educational outcomes such as reading and numeracy proficiency remain at embarrassingly low levels.
30 June 2023
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The ANC and race classification
The ANC government has re-racialised the SA body politic.
29 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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Repealing the Hate Speech Bill: difficult, but necessary
In a free country the government is not the parent of society.
28 June 2023
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Winter has come. Here’s what South Africa should do about it
South Africa is facing a serious challenge. The European Union (EU), one of our main and most important trading partners, is moving towards making the
27 June 2023
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Apartheid is under new management
The Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA) is not just a perverse, incompetent, and tyrannical piece of legislation, but yet another milestone on this government’s journey
26 June 2023
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Mass unemployment gathers many social ills
Mass unemployment in South Africa has far-reaching socio-economic ramifications, the effects of which are felt by almost half of the country’s population if not more.
23 June 2023
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National Assembly adopts the fatally flawed and harmful NHI Bill
On 13 June 2023, the National Assembly unsurprisingly passed the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, amidst much rhetoric from health minister Joe Phaahla, who declared
22 June 2023
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Official violation of the rights of the unemployed must end!
The unemployed are not suffering because they do not earn enough, but because they do not earn anything at all.
21 June 2023