by Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
The secret is that trade cannot be centrally planned. It occurs where it is most convenient for the parties involved, and not simply where government thinks it should happen. The Free Market Foundation has over the years painstakingly argued for greater freedoms for South Africans, especially the freedom to trade. These arguments were largely ignored, and we now sit with the inevitable and predictable result.
Urgent reforms are required in the labour market, where participants are burdened with regulation and offering any job is unnecessarily risky.
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