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State must do everything possible to end SRD grant now
Some of us warned that with our high, structural unemployment rate, the government would not be able to get rid of this grant once it
Pretoria FM: Martin van Staden on competition policy (23 October 2023)
Martin van Staden appeared on Pretoria FM to discuss harmful interference by the Competition Commission in commercial mergers.
Privatisation reveals the solution to infrastructure collapse
Rather than putting the responsibility of road maintenance under the local government, assign an area to a company that has won a fair and transparent
Daily Investor: Khaya Lam 10,000 titles (20 October 2023)
The FMF Khaya Lam Project was covered in Daily Investor on the occasion of transferring 10,000 title deeds to disadvantaged families.
Israel: A (weak) light of liberty in a dark corner of the world
The accusation of Israel being an ‘apartheid state’ is an emotional trick more than anything else, and it distracts unnecessarily from the very real wrong
The South African: Khaya Lam 10,000 titles (20 October 2023)
The FMF Khaya Lam Project was covered in The South African on the occasion of transferring 10,000 title deeds to disadvantaged families.
NHI is a corruption-filled gravy train waiting to depart, FMF tells Gauteng Legislature
The NHI Bill represents an unachievable, unaffordable, and unconstitutional policy.
FMF 2023 submission on National Health Insurance Bill
The NHI Bill is politically motivated, unaffordable, incapable of delivering better health outcomes, and will infringe on numerous constitutional rights.
South Africa’s challenges: Beyond economics, unraveling the political predicament
The solution indeed lies in deregulation and limiting the state’s role in people’s economic affairs.
FMF 2023 submission on National Health Insurance Bill
The National Health Insurance (NHI) proposes to centralise and monopolise the funding of all healthcare in South Africa through the establishment of a new state-owned
It’s simple (but expensive)
Some realpolitik and Machiavellian manoeuvring might be necessary for us to transcend the artificial barrier that has been constructed in the road to a flourishing
10 000 title deeds transferred: ‘Ownership means dignity’ – FMF
We’re happy to announce that 10 000 title deeds have been successfully transferred to the rightful homeowners, through the FMFs Khaya Lam initiative.