With labour seemingly sidelined in talks affecting the economy’s future, big business isn’t as hard done by as some believe
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But Afriforum’s business wing says the finance minister is playing the race card
On Tuesday energy regulator Nersa announced that it would allow the ailing power utility to recover an additional R10-billion through tariffs.
During a podcast discussion, the ailing power utility’s chief executive said there would be efforts to avoid further hurting distressed businesses
The national airways chief executive has taken up a challenge proposed by the Free Market Foundation
There are as many differences in liberalism as there are in any other philosophical approach
Despite McKaiser’s best attempts, he can’t shrug off the core elements of exploitative capitalism
Its problems are many and its debt overwhelming.So the question remains: Can the airline be saved?
The Free Market Foundation has filed a case with the Gauteng North High Court.
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/ 20 September 2010
It has taken less than a decade for SA to slide 40 places in the Economic Freedom of the World rankings, the Free Market Foundation said on Monday.
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/ 2 September 2009
The sugar price is the highest it’s been for 28 years and it could continue to rise, writes Lynley Donnelly
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/ 16 September 2008
South Africa’s economic freedom ranking has dropped five places in the past year to 54 out of 141 countries, according to a new report.
The energy market should be privatised and deregulated for the electricity crisis in SA to be solved, the Free Market Foundation suggests.
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/ 4 September 2007
South Africa has been placed 60th in the latest international economic-freedom rankings, down six places on last year and 24 since 2004, the Free Market Foundation of Southern Africa said on Tuesday. ”After impressive gains … after 1994, South Africa’s overall economic freedom score has stagnated during recent years,” executive director Leon Louw said in a statement.