Liberty First
Tax Freedom Day 2025: SA works until 16 May to pay for bloated government
The FMF has marked this day since 1997 to shine a light on the tax burden shouldered by ordinary taxpayers.
16 May 2025
The FMF has marked this day since 1997 to shine a light on the tax burden shouldered by ordinary taxpayers.
The VAT hike, while framed by Godongwana as a “marginal increase” to avoid deeper spending cuts, distracts from the urgent necessity for fiscal responsibility, tax reform, and privatisation, argues the FMF.
The private sector, not the state, is the engine of prosperity. The GNU must act swiftly to dismantle the structural barriers that have held us back for too long.
Mauritius demonstrates how economic freedom can help create a thriving education system.
The GNU has not yet given us reason to believe that it will be making any substantive reforms during this term.
The FMF’s comprehensive Liberty First policy agenda for the new political order.
I am not prepared to accept a socio-legal paradigm where it is those who hypothetically arrest or kill Adolf Hitler that are the guilty parties, with Hitler merely being a victim who was cancelled for his “offensive speech.”
Reckless monetary policy is the kiss of death for any society. It should be a no-brainer that the GNU should take steps to insulate SA’s present and future from such a fate.
Martin van Staden was featured on RSG on the proposed regulations on spaza shops.
Martin van Staden was featured in The Star on the proposed regulations on spaza shops.
