Free Marketeers: Recent Episodes
Chris Hattingh
A weekly breakdown of economic and political issues in South Africa, from the Free Market Foundation.
FMF Health Policy Unit Chairman Michael Settas joins Chris Hattingh to discuss new developments surrounding South Africa's proposed National Health Insurance.
Michael Settas, Chairman of the FMF's Health Policy Unit, joins Chris Hattingh to unpack Part I of the Zondo Commission's State Capture Report. They also examine warnings and lessons from the State Capture Saga for the proposed National Health Insurance plan.
Bheki Mahlobo (Centre for Risk Analysis) joins Chris Hattingh to unpack Finance Minister Godongwana's 2021 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement.
Chris Hattingh discusses the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 22 October 2021.
Chris Hattingh discusses the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 15 October 2021.
Dumo Denga, host of the Manpatria podcast, joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 8 October 2021.
Professor Mark F. Schultz joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the concept of trade secrets, their importance for innovation and investment, Intellectual Property within the context of vaccine development, as well as the potential of the AfCFTA and low-hanging fruit reforms that African governments should implement.
Gideon Joubert joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 1 October 2021.
TBCSA CEO Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the state of South Africa's tourism industry, the challenges ahead, and possible solutions to pressing issues.
Dr Azar Jammine joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the biggest problems facing the South African economy, as well as the best possible solutions for these pressing issues.
Chris Hattingh discusses the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 24 September 2021.
Scott Lincicome, senior fellow in economic studies at the Cato Institute, joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the ongoing global container crunch, US trade policy, globalisation, and how robust supply chains can be established in the future.
Chris Hattingh discusses the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 17 September 2021.
Martin van Staden and Daniël Eloff join Chris Hattingh to unpack vaccine mandates, vaccine passports, and the liberty-related implications of these new phenomena.
Chris Hattingh discusses the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 10 September 2021.
Chris Hattingh and Riaan Salie discuss the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 3 September August 2021.
Henru Krüger joins Chris Hattingh to discuss Solidarity's latest research into South Africa's proposed NHI scheme, as well as implications for private healthcare in the country if the scheme becomes a reality.
Advocate Mark Oppenheimer joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the Qwelane judgment and implications for freedom of speech in South Africa.
Mukundi Budeli and Chris Hattingh discuss the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 27 August 2021.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 20 August 2021.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 13 August 2021.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 6 August 2021.
Tumisho Ramodisa joins Chris Hattingh to discuss all things investments, crypto, and state-proofing your finances.
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FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 30 July 2021.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 23 July 2021.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 16 July 2021.
Daniël Eloff joins Chris Hattingh to discuss his experience at the Zondo Commission, as well as insights into a few legal-political issues in South Africa.
Dan Mitchell joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the ramifications of a global minimum tax.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 9 July 2021.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 2 July 2021.
Yaron Brook joins Chris Hattingh to discuss Objectivism, the concept of capitalism and applying it to life, and human flourishing.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 25 June 2021.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights some of the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 18 June 2021.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights some of the biggest news & economics stories for the week ending 11 June 2021.
Economist Mike Schüssler joins Chris Hattingh to make sense of South Africa's latest unemployment numbers.
FMF Deputy Director Chris Hattingh highlights some of the biggest news & economics stories of the past week.
Tony Leon joins Chris Hattingh to discuss his book, 'Future Tense: Reflections on My Troubled Land'.
Professor Johan Fourie, professor of economics at Stellenbosch University, joins Chris Hattingh to discuss his new book, 'Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom.'
Cas Coovadia, CEO of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the current state of the economy and the changes that are needed to generate radical economic growth.
Marius Roodt, analyst and writer at the Institute of Race Relations and deputy editor of the Institute's online news platform, the Daily Friend, joins Chris Hattingh to analyse the latest happenings at Cricket South Africa.
Dr Steve Davies, Head of Education at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London, joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the Super League and the various permutations for global football.
Busisiwe Mavuso, Chief Executive Officer at Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the state of the economy, the major challenges the country faces, as well as future prospects for growth and progress.
Martin van Staden joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the latest developments in the push to amend South Africa's Constitution to allow for expropriation without compensation.
Koos Malan, professor of public law at University Pretoria, joins Chris Hattingh to discuss his book - 'There is no Supreme Constitution: A Critique of Statist-individualist Constitutionalism'.
Natalia González, Director of Legal and Legislative Affairs for Libertad y Desarrollo, joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the current socio-political situation in Chile, as well as the country's Constitutional referendum process.
Bacchus Barua, Associate Director at the Centre for Health Policy Studies at the Fraser Institute, joins Chris Hattingh to provide insight into the Canadian healthcare system.
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Ray Mahlaka, Daily Maverick journalist, joins Chris Hattingh to analyse Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's 2021 Budget.
Martin van Staden, member of the Executive Committee and Rule of Law Board of Advisors of the FMF, joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the Expropriation Bill and expropriation without compensation more widely.
Ivo Vegter joins Zakhele Mthembu and Chris Hattingh to discuss the lack of spectrum in SA, government attempts to control data prices, as well as the Draft White paper on Audio and Audiovisual Content Services Policy Framework.
André de Ruyter, Group Chief Executive (GCE) of Eskom Holdings, joins Chris Hattingh to unpack the current state of play at Eskom. They cover current challenges, as well as possible solutions and a way forward.
In this episode, Zakhele Mthembu and Chris Hattingh unpack President Cyril Ramaphosa's latest State of the Nation speech.
In this episode, advocate Mark Oppenheimer joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the latest vaccine developments in South Africa. They discuss citizens' rights regarding privacy and bodily integrity, the various considerations a court would have to weigh up, and possible hurdles in terms of vaccine rollout and uptake.
Darlene Menzies, CEO of Finfind, joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the various insights & findings from research conducted by Finfind in 2020 into the state of South Africa's small, medium and micro-enterprises.
*We recommend that you watch Darlene's presentation, available on the Free Market Foundation's YouTube channel.
Frans Cronje, director of the Centre for Risk Analysis, joins Chris Hattingh to discuss South Africa's prospects for 2021.
Professors Christopher Coyne and Peter Boettke join Chris Hattingh to discuss their monograph, The Essential Austrian Economics. They discuss some of the central historical figures of the Austrian tradition, touch on the main principles and ideas in the school of thought, and highlight the vital importance of factors such as strong property rights for human prosperity.
Ted Blom joins Chris Hattingh to discuss SA's latest bout of loadshedding, and provides insight into Eskom's outlook for the next few months.
In this episode, Alexander Hammond (IEA) joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, the UK's latest lockdown, troublesome beachgoers in South Africa, and South Africa's progress on procuring a COVID-19 vaccine.
Chris Hattingh discusses the latest news regarding South Africa's planned COVID-19 vaccine roll-out. Years of misguided policies and financial mismanagement have resulted in the country being in a weak fiscal position.
In the final episode of 2020, Martin van Staden joins Chris Hattingh to discuss expropriation without compensation, data prices, and the world in 2021.
Chairman of the FMF Rule of Law Board of Advisors and a former judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa, Rex van Schalkwyk, delivers opening remarks at an FMF roundtable.
In this episode, Fred McMahon (Fraser Institute) joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the latest Economic Freedom of the World Report, South Africa's ranking, and steps necessary to increase South Africans' prosperity across the board.
We recommend that you watch this presentation on our YouTube channel (ChannelFMF).
In this episode, Gary Moore joins Chris Hattingh to discuss two pieces of proposed legislation in South Africa: The National Sport And Recreation Amendment Bill and the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill.
In this episode of the Free Marketeers, Alexander Hammond of the Institute of Economic Affairs (UK) joins Chris Hattingh. Alexander shares economic and health insights ahead of the UK's move into a second lockdown. They also discuss the upcoming US election, and what a continued Trump administration, or change to Biden, could entail for trade relations between the US and UK, and the US and Africa.
Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist at the Efficient Group, joins the FMF to discuss the 2020 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement presented by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on 28 October.
In this episode of the Free Marketeers, Chris Hattingh hosts Pavlo Phitidis. They discuss Pavlo's new book, his insights into the SME environment in South Africa, and how to tackle a future filled with opportunities.
In this episode, Chris Hattingh hosts Jeffrey Tucker of the American Institute for Economic Research. They discuss various aspects lockdown (in SA, the USA, and other parts of the world) and touch on the prospects for liberty in a post-pandemic world.
In this special episode of the Free Marketeers, Professor Robert Vivian (University of the Witwatersrand) discusses aspects of the theory of competition, touching on the concept of 'monopoly' and the elusive search for utopian 'competitive' markets.
In this episode of the Free Marketeers, Mpiyakhe Dhlamini and Sindile Vabaza join Chris Hattingh to discuss President Ramaphosa's latest address, the protest by the restaurant industry, the latest GDP figures from the SA Reserve bank, and touch on the concept of independence.
In this episode of the Free Marketeers, Jacques Jonker and Martin van Staden join Chris Hattingh to discuss the recent evictions in Cape Town, the grave developments for freedom in Hong Kong, news of various challenges to lockdown regulations in SA, and finally on the latest Municipalities report from the Auditor General.
In this special episode, Chris Hattingh and Jacques Jonker host Dawie Roodt (chief economist at the Efficient Group). They discuss the COVID-19 emergency budget presented by the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, and its wider implications for the South African economy and society.
On this week's episode, Jacques Jonker and Mpiyakhe Dhlamini join Chris Hattingh to breakdown next week's upcoming Supplementary Budget.
In this episode, Chris Hattingh hosts Henru Kruger, member of the FMF's Health Policy Unit. They discuss how the government has handled the COVID-19 pandemic thus far, renewed talk around implementing National Health Insurance, and some ideas for how the public and private healthcare sectors can work going forward.
In this episode of the Free Marketeers, Sindile Vabaza and Martin van Staden join Chris Hattingh to discuss the issues of police brutality, and the mounting negative effects of the lockdown in SA.
In this episode, Chris Hattingh hosts Johan Norberg, author of 'In Defense of Global Capitalism' and 'Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future'. They discuss the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the global economy, the threat of de-industrialisation, and why developing nations need to pursue trade & free markets moving forward.
31 May 2020 marks this year's iteration of World No Tobacco Day. FMF CEO Leon Louw joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the authoritarian philosophy underlying the concept, and the ineffective and irrational ban on the sale of tobacco in SA, during the COVID-19 lockdown.
In this episode of the Free Marketeers, Mpiyakhe Dhlamini and Jacques Jonker join Chris Hattingh to discuss the inquiry report into Collins Khosa's death, calls for the government to unlock retirement funds, hints that the Reserve Bank may take more radical steps in the future, as well as why it is vital to end the lockdown as soon as possible.
In this episode, Chris Hattingh hosts James Urdang, CEO of Education Africa. James kicks off the discussion with his background in education, and as an entrepreneur, in SA. They then discuss Education Africa's work, how EA has adapted to the COVID-19 world, and look ahead to how education may change heading out of the epidemic.5
In this episode, Chris Hattingh hosts GG Alcock, author of KasiNomic Revolution. They discuss the impact of the lockdown on the parts of the economy we may not usually think about. They also cover GG's work, his thoughts on steps the government can take to open up the economy, as well as great opportunities for growth going forward.
In this episode, Chris Hattingh hosts Cornelius Gouws, CEO of Health Screen. The Health Screen platform is intended to serve as a one-stop shop for businesses seeking to resume activities in the current lockdown climate. They also discuss the difficult climate enveloping business in SA at the moment.
In this episode, Gideon Joubert, founder and editor of Paratus, and board member of Gun Owners South Africa (GOSA), joins Jacques Jonker and Martin van Staden to discuss gun rights in South Africa.
In this episode, Chris Hattingh is joined by advocate Erin-Dianne Richards, member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates. They discuss the National Coronavirus Command Council, questions on possible challenges to regulations, and what steps concerned citizens can take in these uncertain times.