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‘Smokers and vapers also have rights,’ FMF tells government on World No-Tobacco Day
The illegal cigarette market in South Africa is bigger than the legal market, all due to government action.
31 May 2024
The illegal cigarette market in South Africa is bigger than the legal market, all due to government action.
Codifying all the conceivable conduct for which someone might be liable for a criminal record, a fine, or imprisonment, is an important, definitional place, to start.
The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has calculated and published South Africa’s Tax Freedom Day annually since 1997.
We are concerned that Correctional Services itself might not possess the requested particulars, which means our prisons service does not exactly know who it is imprisoning and for what reason.
Only the wilfully blind will not see this as a pure electioneering stunt, with the African National Congress (ANC) desperate in the face of their worst electoral performance yet in the 29 May general election.
30 April 2024 The Free Market Foundation (FMF) extends its heartfelt condolences to those who were close to Dr Sam Mokgethi Motsuenyane, who passed away
South Africa is considered one of the most unsafe societies globally, with a collapsed criminal justice system.
It is more than likely that people who have committed one of the myriad victimless or harmless so-called ‘crimes’ found in our law are being housed in cramped prison cells alongside real criminals, like murderers and rapists.
Whenever a provision of the Constitution is interpreted or applied by municipal or provincial officials, it must be done in a way that respects its federal nature.
The campaign is aimed at reviving South Africa’s old, proud, and increasingly relevant federalist tradition.
