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Give young South Africans economic freedom in their lifetime
Prosperity comes from empowering individuals, not from expanding government control or giving more power to politicians.
12 November 2024
Prosperity comes from empowering individuals, not from expanding government control or giving more power to politicians.
Today’s demands for registration, zoning compliance, and other bureaucratic hurdles apply across the board and leave businesses with a choice: operate illegally or shut down entirely.
Economic freedom enables individuals to make choices that fuel innovation, boost productivity, and improve personal well-being.
When the state dominates economic life through regulations and controls it inevitably extends its influence into politics, limiting personal freedoms.
BEE was meant to uplift millions of South Africans, but in practice, it has achieved the opposite.
NUMSA’s rigid stance on wages ignores the South African reality that some income, even if modest, is better than nothing.
The JSEC would allow job seekers to exempt themselves from certain labour regulations, including the minimum wage.
Schools, therefore, function very much as they did a century ago, trapped in legislation and regulations that prevent meaningful change from occurring.
The current nationalisation of South Africa’s private healthcare will therefore have tragic consequences that will negatively affect the lives of every individual and family that is forcefully deprived of control over their healthcare.
In a country with a relatively low unemployment rate, a minimum wage does not inflict visible harm. However, in a country like South Africa the harm caused is devastating.
