Browsing: Free Market Foundation

The Financial Intelligence Centre Act introduced a regime of enormous cost, derisory efficacy and significant collateral damage.

Efficiency gains from digital governance must not come at the cost of citizens’ rights and accountability.

The Competition Commission’s Hardin Ratshisusu has warned that getting AI regulation wrong could stifle innovation.

The Free Market Foundation has warned against stifling growth in technology in South Africa by mirroring EU regulations.

Policy reforms aimed at attracting foreign investment don’t go far enough, critics have warned.

This is one of the many cases in which South Africa is trying to mimic EU regulation, writes Martin van Staden.

South Africa should pause before blindly copying European AI regulation, writes Martin van Staden.

Privatise Eskom. End its monopoly. Embrace a free market in electricity. That’s how we end load shedding for good.

It is unlikely that any new funding model for the SABC will be finalised and implemented in less than five years.

TV licence non-compliance a perfect example of the dangers and wasteful nature of criminalising non-harmful behaviour.