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Sound reforms needed for SA to take advantage of Middle East shipping crisis
Imagine a well-equipped, competent, and capital flush global company running our shipping.

Cape Argus: Martin van Staden on Tobacco Bill (12 February 2024)
Martin van Staden, FMF Head of Policy, was featured in the Cape Argus and the Star on the FMF’s opposition to the Tobacco Bill.

So much political choice; so little market choice
Hopefully after the coming elections SA will reap the rewards of having such a vibrant political market and no single party will emerge with an

OFM: Martin van Staden on State of the Nation (9 February 2024)
Martin van Staden was featured in OFM expressing the FMF’s doubts about the relevance of the State of the Nation Address.

Radio Rosestad: Martin van Staden on State of the Nation (8 February 2024)
Martin van Staden was featured in Radio Rosestad expressing the FMF’s doubts about the relevance of the State of the Nation Address.

Netwerk24: Martin van Staden on State of the Nation (8 February 2024)
Martin van Staden was featured in Netwerk24 expressing the FMF’s doubts about the relevance of the State of the Nation Address.

Maroela Media: Martin van Staden on State of the Nation (8 February 2024)
Martin van Staden was featured in Maroela Media expressing the FMF’s doubts about the relevance of the State of the Nation Address.

SONA 2024: Time for talk is over – federalise and stateproof before it’s too late
30 years into our democratic dispensation, it has become abundantly clear that the time of big government has come to an end.

When individuality kills
Liberal individualism is not opposed to coordination, to order, or to society.

Electricity privatisation is already happening
One of the virtues of the free market is that the incentive to produce a good is based on being paid. There is no political

The relevance of school choice
Since every parent is a taxpayer in some regard, why doesn’t every parent have the ability to take their child, and tax Rands, out of

FMF’s Khaya Lam Project wins FW de Klerk Foundation Goodwill Award
On Friday, 2 February 2024, the Free Market Foundation’s (FMF) Khaya Lam Project received the Goodwill Award from the FW de Klerk Foundation.