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Your future shouldn’t depend on knowing the right person
A country that rewards connection over ability will eventually run out of both.
Cape Town should protect animals, not police pet owners
Whether my animals are healthy and whether they are creating a genuine nuisance are legitimate questions. Whether my neighbours approve of how many cats I
Stop funding degrees that lead nowhere
The system sells degrees; it’s a form of economic destruction. It takes the hopes of young people, and their families sacrifices, as well as taxpayers
The FMF heads to Washington DC
The issues raised by Secretary Rubio are precisely the reason why the FMF embarked on its tour of the US in September and October.
FMF presents Don Caldwell Memorandum to US policymakers in Washington and New York
The FMF has presented the Don Caldwell Memorandum on Socialism and Racial Engineering in “Post-Apartheid” South Africa to American policymakers and influencers during a working
Don Caldwell Memorandum on Socialism and Racial Engineering in “Post-Apartheid” South Africa
FMF Policy Memorandum Summary The Free Market Foundation’s Don Caldwell Memorandum on Socialism and Racial Engineering in “Post-Apartheid” South Africa sets out the FMF’s assessment
Can a radical centre be built in South Africa?
The parties that have explicitly sought to occupy the supposed centre have failed to attract anything approaching serious levels of electoral support.
The bourgeoisie has four legs and wants their tummies rubbed
When the family starts buying the dog a birthday cake, you know the revolution has taken a very strange turn indeed.
The “myth of white genocide” disinfo campaign reaches Lex Libertas
It is a myth of a myth. And, unfortunately, it works.
FMF to address race law and property rights at White Cross Conference in Washington
25 September 2026 Blaai af vir Afrikaanse weergawe. Free Market Foundation (FMF) Chief Executive Officer David Ansara and Head of Policy Dr Martin van Staden
Trade unions must fall
They must fall from the privileged position they occupy above individual workers, unemployed South Africans and businesses that never consented to their authority.