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Eustace Davie

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Eustace Davie

Eustace Davie is a director of the Free Market Foundation and author of Unchain the Child. The views expressed in the article are the author’s and not necessarily shared by the members of the foundation

The SCA sided with the African Centre for Biodiversity’s claims of insufficient environmental assessment, disregarding that MON87460 has already passed rigorous safety evaluations in multiple countries. (Photo by Pia Bayer/picture alliance via Getty Images)
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY

How judicial overreach blocks progress in South African agriculture

By rejecting Bayer’s drought-tolerant maize, the SCA has denied farmers access to a proven technology

  • Eustace Davie
4 min read
In the second quarter of 2025, unemployment edged up to 33.2% in the second quarter of 2025 from 32.9% in the previous quarter, while of the 10.1 million people aged 15 to 24, 35.2% were not in employment
FREE MARKETS SOUTH AFRICA

Laws add to the jobless crisis in South Africa

The labour regulations have had increasingly negative consequences for unemployed people

  • Eustace Davie
5 min read
Small businesses are central to South Africa’s economic resilience and recovery and corporates should work with them. Photo: David Harrison/M&G
EDUCATION REVOLUTION

South Africa needs an economic revolution

Government agencies cannot improve on the competitiveness of open markets.

  • Eustace Davie
6 min read