ISSUE
Privatisation
State-owned assets should be transferred to the private sector, as market forces and market discipline are the best incentives for affordable and quality service delivery. The FMF has been the leading voice for comprehensive privatisation in South Africa for decades.

Decentralisation

‘Tshwane must privatise power stations outright,’ FMF tells City after power station lease proposal
The business-as-usual approach is fraught with risk, which is why the FMF has proposed that Tshwane either privatise the power stations outright, or subject them to a stateproof lease.
Free Market Foundation
10 October 2023

BizNews

National State Enterprises Bill is nonsensical
We really don’t want a sovereign wealth fund or centralised investment agency in this country. It would be looted of everything and be a fiscal blackhole.
Nicholas Woode-Smith
13 February 2025
EXPERTS ON THIS ISSUE

Dr Christoph Klein
Economist

David Ansara
FMF Chief Executive Officer

Martin van Staden
FMF Head of Policy

Terry Markman
FMF Board Member
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