# The Free Market Foundation says South Africa’s prosperity depends on openness, trade, and the rule of law. This comes as government is still negotiating with the US on a trade agreement. The foundation says the reforms requested by America, respecting property rights, ending racially divisive regulations, and confronting hate speech, are measures fully consistent with the Constitution. It adds that by clinging to failed ideologies and alienating the country’s largest export partner, the ANC is condemning millions of citizens to poverty for the sake of Cold War theatre.
Free Market Foundation says government’s foreign policy failures threaten ordinary citizens