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

Cape Argus (Independent Group)

Cape Argus: Martin van Staden on Transnet (22 November 2023)
Martin van Staden was featured in the Cape Argus expressing the FMF’s preference for the Port of Cape Town to be privatised or handed to municipal or provincial government.
Free Market Foundation
22 November 2023
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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