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South Africans for Liberty: Capping doctors' fees is not the answer
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South Africans for Liberty. Life, Liberty, Prosperity. Friday, June 4, 2010. Capping doctors' fees is not the answer. Allow private institutions to train more doctors in SA, but beware social inequity. Here's a quote from a free-market article at Moneyweb by Jason Urbach. However, Urbach makes some excellent points, including a recommendation to allow private institutions to train doctors:. 06 June, 2010 00:00. I dunno, I think red tape has a major effect on fees and the amount of medical services provid...
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For Voet's Sake!: February 2010
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Making the constitution common (law). Friday, February 26, 2010. Where has all the private law gone? Posted by Elizabeth de Stadler. I vaguely remember expressing the concern earlier in the year that that this constitutional sh*t might be contagious. Prophetic words, if I look at the posts of my fellow bloggers the last couple of weeks (for Voet's sake indeed). So today I am taking one for the team - where has all the private law gone? This is of course not a new question. But not for long - in comes Par...
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For Voet's Sake!: Judicial selection in South Africa
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Making the constitution common (law). Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Judicial selection in South Africa. Posted by David Watson. The Constitution sets out the basic framework by which judges are appointed in South Africa. The Constitution gives both procedural requirements and substantive considerations for the appointment of judges. If the posts of President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal are being filled then the President need only consult with the JSC. Some important points about this ...
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South Africans for Liberty: 07 February 2010
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South Africans for Liberty. Life, Liberty, Prosperity. Friday, February 12, 2010. The difficulties of entrepreneurship. Today, BusinessDay released an article. On a start-up bakery business in Alexandra. Agrineth Shiburi, the entrepreneur, explained how difficult it was for her to raise the capital to finance her start-up business. How lucky she was. Had Shiburi's mother not been in a position to remortgage her home, her dream may never have been realised. Note: this conclusion was rushed - see my first ...
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South Africans for Liberty: 21 February 2010
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South Africans for Liberty. Life, Liberty, Prosperity. Thursday, February 25, 2010. Read our previous posts regarding the issues in this cartoon - here. Source: http:/ www.mg.co.za/zapiro/all. Links to this post. In an article today in the Mail and Guardian. MultiChoice's general manager Jackie Rakitla is quoted as saying: "At this stage we're doing research to determine the extent of interest in porn, and we're looking at the feasibility of implementing such a service.". What are the effects on society ...
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South Africans for Liberty: 28 February 2010
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South Africans for Liberty. Life, Liberty, Prosperity. Thursday, March 4, 2010. Just a jump to the left (again). Yesterday's feature article at Politicsweb. By Dr Pierre Rabie (DA MP) provides an excellent response to Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel's anticipated policies of import tariffs and company bail-outs (albeit with strict conditions). Central to the argument is that:. Protectionism (like company bail-outs and import tariffs) protect jobs for certain interest groups only. Shaun Rei...
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South Africans for Liberty: South Africa's very own Fannie and Freddie
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South Africans for Liberty. Life, Liberty, Prosperity. Wednesday, April 21, 2010. South Africa's very own Fannie and Freddie. They did so successfully and profitably for a number of years, greatly improving the proportion of Americans who owned their own homes. Unfortunately the incentive structure around them allowed them to fuel a bubble in the residential housing market and moreover to pose an enormous systemic risk to the US financial system. I have commented in italics. Minister of Human Settlements...
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South Africans for Liberty: Cape Town Libertarians first meet
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South Africans for Liberty. Life, Liberty, Prosperity. Thursday, May 27, 2010. Cape Town Libertarians first meet. Yesterday a motley group of Cape Town libertarians met up to discuss their common political philosophy. This was the first such gathering, bringing together unaffiliated scholars, members of the Free Market Foundation, members of the Cape Party and authors of this blog. The occasion was a resounding success! If you'd like to get on our mailing list, please write to us. 06 June, 2010 00:02.
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South Africans for Liberty: Should the Western Cape secede from South Africa?
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South Africans for Liberty. Life, Liberty, Prosperity. Friday, April 2, 2010. Should the Western Cape secede from South Africa? The impetus for this blog post is a conversation between Julian and I at the Cape Party's Facebook page. The Cape Party is a political party that contested the 2009 national elections and one of its goals is to "Return the Cape to a Free and Independent State". There are two major arguments here for secession:. Here is the conversation at 2 April 2010 as it relates to secession:.
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South Africans for Liberty: 21 March 2010
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South Africans for Liberty. Life, Liberty, Prosperity. Friday, March 26, 2010. The benefits of aluminium smelters and Eskom's risky contracts. At Creamer Media's Engineering News, Matthew Hill has discussed. A 2008 Econometrix report, which says the South Africa enjoys "enormous" benefits from its controversial aluminium smelters. Obtaining power at much-reduced rates. The smelters have been criticised because:. They obtain their electricity at low cost, which is seen as inequitable. For Eskom, the econo...
