THE Free Market Foundation (FMF) has responded favourably to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s desire to bring fiscal restraint and discipline to South Africa’s public sector.
Dear Minister Godongwana,
The FMF has taken note of recent statements by yourself and the National Treasury highlighting the importance of budget cuts and fiscal restraint in the area of government spending.
It is quite likely that you will be advised at some juncture that proposals to cut spending are somehow unconstitutional. We would consider such a notion to be unsound and