FMF vs Louw: Just one more symptom of hardening attitudes
FMF founder Leon Louw has resigned from the organisation he started almost 50 years ago after a bitter and public split.
FMF founder Leon Louw has resigned from the organisation he started almost 50 years ago after a bitter and public split.
This was made possible through sponsorship received from Capitec and with the partnership of the Khaya Lam project and the Ngwathe Municipality.
Johann Rupert and his wife, Gaynor, have been working hard with Stellenbosch municipal officials and the Free Market Foundation to unpick the technicalities around property ownership in disadvantaged areas.
With 6m other South Africans in a similar position, some might ask why the FMF bothers when the odds are stacked so heavily against it.
70 residents of the Karoo town of Aberdeen walked into a presentation hall as tenants and out as home owners, with full freehold title made possible by businessman Johann Rupert and his wife Gaynor.