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Daily Investor: Nicholas Woode-Smith on tax reform (17 February 2025)
Nicholas Woode-Smith was featured in Daily Investor on South Africa’s narrow taxbase.
Here’s how minimum wage has killed 430 000 SA jobs in five years
This article was first published by BizNews on 29 January 2025 The National Minimum Wage doesn’t benefit the unemployed. And as over 32.1% of South Africans remain
The Expropriation Act is necessarily unconstitutional
It is beyond disputing that the provisions of the Act render it unconstitutional.
National State Enterprises Bill is nonsensical
We really don’t want a sovereign wealth fund or centralised investment agency in this country. It would be looted of everything and be a fiscal
International pressure: Key to saving South Africa from socialist collapse
But despite the racialised rhetoric, this is not black versus white. It is totalitarianism versus liberty.
R100 billion transformation fund simply another avenue for corruption
Subsidised businesses seldom do well. And when they do perform well, it is because the subsidies tended to be unneeded.
Unnamed enemies: why ideology is – necessarily – inescapable
Appeals to “pragmatism” without further ado inevitably come down to either telling a lie to oneself or to others, for the person who has no
eNCA: David Ansara on property confiscation (9 February 2025)
David Ansara was featured in eNCA on the FMF’s reaction to the signing into law of the Expropriation Act.
Free Market Foundation welcomes Donald Trump’s executive order
Donald Trump’s intervention should be cheered by all patriotic South Africans who care about private property rights, the rule of law, and a free market
IOL: David Ansara on property confiscation (8 February 2025)
David Ansara was featured in Independent Online on the FMF’s reaction to the signing into law of the Expropriation Act.
News24: David Ansara on property confiscation (8 February 2025)
David Ansara was featured in News24 on the FMF’s reaction to the signing into law of the Expropriation Act.
How can SA survive and even profit from Trump?
Trump’s presidency doesn’t have to be a disaster for South Africa. It could be an opportunity for the country to improve its global standing.