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Government to blame for rampant growth in illicit tobacco trade
The illicit market in South Africa is already possibly the biggest in the world and has created an unhealthy situation.
5 November 2025
The illicit market in South Africa is already possibly the biggest in the world and has created an unhealthy situation.
The FMF was featured in News24 on its joint report on B-BBEE with the Solidarity Research Institute, which found that the policy has costed the South African economy at least R5 trillion.
The FMF was featured in News24 on South Africa’s failure to yet again improve its global ranking in the annual Economic Freedom of the World report.
Martin van Staden was featured in News24 on the prevalence of race law in South Africa.
Martin van Staden was featured in News24 on the prevalence of race laws in South Africa.
David Ansara was featured in News24 on the FMF’s reaction to the signing into law of the Expropriation Act.
Incompetence and corruption and ineptitude at the centre need not mean collapse everywhere. Federalism and decentralisation are imperative to the managing of risk.