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More by Leon Louw…
LEON LOUW: MTBPS verdict: One of the prettiest budgets since the early Mandela and Mbeki years
Positives include no new taxes, increased private sector role and nothing on NHI
LEON LOUW: How to judge whether medium-term budget is pretty, ugly or ghastly
MTBPS must make decisive shifts towards greater economic freedom
LEON LOUW: Icasa’s pay-TV ‘musts’ make for daft twaddle
Draft amendments to sport broadcast regulations border on the absurd, and some are even illegal
LEON LOUW: Capitalism raised the alarm about Steinhoff — and did so instantaneously
The Steinhoff story is a glorious example of the market’s unique propensity for rapid and ruthless error-correction, writes Leon Louw
LEON LOUW: Tomorrow it is likely to be your turn to have a freedom you value curtailed
The Department of Health’s proposal to effectively ban smoking in public may prevent SA from achieving desired socioeconomic transformation, writes Leon Louw
Catastrophic jobless rate warrants institution of state of emergency
SA is rated among the world’s worst reprobates, usually war zones and countries with demented despots
Don’t be fooled — all regulation is really about seeking to control you
Controls around credit, foreign exchange and taxis are examples of counterproductive rules we can do without
LEON LOUW: Regulators say it’s consumer protection — don’t believe it
‘Local data charges compare favourably with those of comparable countries. Our government drives prices up’
LEON LOUW: Meme of insurers as pariahs is a ploy for greater regulation
'Billions of rand and millions of hours are wasted on enforcement and compliance, entry barriers prevent entrepreneurship'
LEON LOUW: Gigaba’s overcooked action plan will take SA further off course
‘While the plan has virtually nothing that is progrowth, it has much to curtail it. Growth is not rocket science’
