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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.
South Africa’s electricity crisis: A call for privatisation and a brighter future
This article was first published by BizNews on 6 October 2023 Eskom continues to collapse, leaving South Africans in the dark and the cold, even as winter
Media Advisory: FMF Khaya Lam initiative celebrates empowering 10 000 families with title deeds
Tomorrow, Tuesday 17 October 2023, the FMF will host an event celebrating the success of its Khaya Lam initiative, in Klapmuts, Stellenbosch.
Daily Investor: Zakhele Mthembu on competition policy (16 October 2023)
Zakhele Mthembu, FMF Legal Researcher, was featured in Daily Investor on the harmful interference by the Competition Commission in the commercial operations of Takealot and
A call for responsible and constitutional governance in South Africa
This article was first published by BizNews on 5 October 2023 The behaviour of some members of Parliament and other office-bearers in government leaves the observer with
The world’s political processes are criminal at heart
The corporatist state is the biggest threat to individual liberty that has emerged since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
‘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
Democracy, the hidden autocrat
Perhaps like at the turn of the twentieth century, it is once again time for a concerted effort to be made towards finding a better
eNCA: Zakhele Mthembu on competition policy (10 October 2023)
Zakhele Mthembu, FMF Legal Researcher, appeared on eNCA to discuss harmful interference by the Competition Commission in the commercial operations of Takealot and other online
South Africa’s fiscal precipice: The chickens have come home to roost
It would be better if we never had this SRD grant but now that we have it, the government has to end it as soon