It seems clear that government has over the years sought to enable itself – whether it exercises this power or not – to silence civil dissent against its ideology and policy agenda. This cannot compute in a democratic constitutional state.
The FMF is seeking to employ a junior Digital Media Officer.
Martin van Staden was featured in the Cape Argus expressing the FMF’s doubts about the workability of National Health Insurance.
Economic freedom is about creating an environment where individuals have the right to work, produce, consume and invest in their own way. It is a proven path to prosperity, offering individuals the dignity of self-determination and the benefits of a thriving economy.
Business ought not be disappointed about what they should have seen coming a mile away, and with sufficient forewarning.
David Ansara appeared on BizNews to discuss the Free Market Foundation’s demand for business to stand against bad government policy.
Taken together, these laws and bills represent an almost comprehensive package that existentially threatens the continued free and open nature of South Africa’s public discourse.
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.
David Ansara was featured in the Independent on Saturday expressing the FMF’s doubts about the workability of National Health Insurance.
For all its positives, democracy has a faulty premise. It presumes, in error, that bringing together a group of people to vote or otherwise collectively decide on something, can create new rights and authority out of thin air.
