

Eustace Davie
Eustace Davie is a Director and Board member of the Free Market Foundation, and author of Unchain the Child: Abolish Compulsory Schooling Laws
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Economic Freedom is impossible without sacrosanct property rights
- By Eustace Davie
- . Feb 8, 2025
Economic freedom is the fundamental right of every individual to control their labour and property. It is the freedom to work, produce, trade, and use

Countries with high Economic Freedom have better education
- By Eustace Davie
- . Jan 18, 2025
The relationship between economic freedom and quality education is clear. Nations that uphold free-market principles and implement free-market policies achieve greater success in equipping their

How South Africa is being destroyed by envy
- By Eustace Davie
- . Dec 14, 2024
Envy is a quiet but powerful force. It whispers, “If I cannot have what they have, neither should they.” It hides in the shadows of

The real cost of the Competition Commission’s interventions on South Africa’s poor
- By Eustace Davie
- . Nov 30, 2024
In South Africa today, institutions designed to foster competition and growth have become some of the biggest obstacles to economic progress. The Competition Commission, in

Why a South African Wealth Tax will hurt the poor and kill jobs
- By Eustace Davie
- . Nov 23, 2024
The proposed wealth tax for South Africa is being promoted as a solution to “economic inequality.” In truth it would be a disastrous policy error.

Give young South Africans economic freedom in their lifetime
- By Eustace Davie
- . Nov 4, 2024
On 11 October 2024, African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) members marched through the streets of Johannesburg, expressing their frustrations and demanding a better future.

Spaza shop crackdown echoes apartheid repression
- By Eustace Davie
- . Oct 30, 2024
History is not just something we study in books; it often comes back to haunt us. Today, South Africa is repeating policies that once crushed

Unions must face economic reality and stop exacerbating unemployment
- By Eustace Davie
- . Sep 8, 2024
Irvin Jim, the General Secretary of NUMSA, recently made a statement entitled, “The current government has no solutions to solve the unemployment crisis”. This statement

May South Africa become known for its widespread individual liberty
- By Eustace Davie
- . Aug 10, 2024
Creating Prosperity and Freedom for future generations in South Africa Together with supporting individual liberty in general, South Africans should provide an environment that will

Has SA decided to ignore the rights of the unemployed?
- By Eustace Davie
- . Jan 1, 2024
What is it that allows the majority in Parliament to adopt a resolution that is unconstitutional and causes mass unemployment, without the matter being challenged