
Tobacco Bill undermines the rule of law and separation of powers, new FMF report finds
21 October 2025 Blaai af vir Afrikaanse weergawe. The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has launched a report at a press briefing today identifying the concerning

21 October 2025 Blaai af vir Afrikaanse weergawe. The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has launched a report at a press briefing today identifying the concerning

As they anticipated, constitutionalism has increasingly revealed its limitations in a context where a single, central government holds a disproportionate share of power.

Biometric IDs and automated decision systems can speed verification and cut obvious fraud.

A free society will not be one of equality of results.

As we celebrate our Golden Jubilee, it is worth remembering why freedom matters in the first place.

Planning has become a compliance exercise rather than a tool for adaptation.

The Bill will not attain the goal of reducing smoking. It will only push more smokers into the illicit market.

The process to adopt the Tobacco Bill has been fatally flawed.

Nowhere is it clearer than in the ANC government’s handling of racial classification.

The FMF said that it “is the only organisation in the Republic with the singular goal of advancing capitalism.”