FMF NEWSLETTER 5 August 2020

FMF NEWSLETTER 5 August 2020

FMF update
To all our supporters, members, friends, and the South African public, please take all necessary steps to remain safe and healthy in these very difficult times. The FMF has been hard at work researching the impact of the lockdown, especially the impact of regulations on poorer South Africans. To read all of the FMF's work on the COVID-19 lockdown thus far, click here.
New FMF article
The Competition Commission gets 'excessive pricing' totally wrong – Zakhele Mthembu The Competition Commission is at it again with its anti-business enforcement of the Competition Act and its "abuse of dominance" provisions that seek to punish successful entrepreneurs. In the most recent attack on the economy and free enterprise, the prices of another business were deemed "excessive" by the commission. To read further, please click here.
Latest FMF event video
A horrible budget in horrible times – Dawie Roodt
Latest Free Marketeers episodes (listen, subscribe, share)
Education on ice and restaurant industry takes to the streets Mpiyakhe Q&A / AMA, FMF SAA media release, Stokvel article NHI lockdown fail, SAA to receive more funding...from somewhere What it means to be a South African? Lockdown effects revealed Our podcasts are also available on Apple, Spotify, and Google
FMF in the media
FMF CEO Statement – On the declaration of the illegality of lockdown regulations Media release – So, Tito blinked and SAA will continue to fly the rich at the expense of the poor FMF interview on eNCA – Govt forcing people to ignore lockdown regulations – Chris Hattingh FMF interview on BizNews – Upacking Davis judgement which lays into NDZ's "irrational" lockdown regulations – Leon Louw, FMF CEO FMF articles Prohibition has never and will never lead to smokers quitting – Martin van Staden Proposed lockdown 'developmental mandate' for the Reserve Bank is unconstitutional – Jacques Jonker FMF video, in partnership with Atlas Network – Khaya Lam – Upward Globility: Whose land is it anyway? \| South Africa Quarterly Review: April 2020 – June 2020 Media Digest & Cuttings July 2020 for all media coverage
Worth readings
Why quantitative easing isnt appropriate for South Africa After 22 years, state still has not upgraded land rights in former homelands Month four of the panic: Where is the evidence? Competition in the marketplace
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FMF NEWSLETTER 5 August 2020

A horrible budget in horrible times – Dawie Roodt