Gauteng e-toll system to cease, taxpayers to shoulder debt burden
As of April 12, 2024, the e-toll system in Gauteng will cease, yet taxpayers face footing the bill for its debt.
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South Africa’s post-budget speech winners and losers
South Africa delivered clear winners in its budget — months from a crucial election. Here’s who’ll benefit from Wednesday’s budget:
🔒 Boardroom Talk: What is it about being in London that makes SA cabinet ministers behave so badly?
Alec Hogg writes on how badly SA cabinet ministers behave when spending taxpayer-funded Sterlings away from home.
A proposed 11-member cabinet for a reformist South Africa – Martin van Staden
SA’s current cabinet is the largest in the world and as the nation approaches the 2024 elections, a minimalist cabinet is being called for.
Living like rock stars: SA’s government officials enjoy lavish perks at taxpayers’ expense – Ivo Vegter
SA government officials enjoy lavish lifestyles at the expense of the nation’s taxpayers – an overpaid public sector and political class.
ANC grants are a hollow source of pride
Ramaphosa said that 18 million South Africans receive state welfare grants, with another 11 million relying on the state’s R350 grant. He boasted that we are the only African country giving grants to almost half its population, but economists warn that this is unsustainable.
What if the Wealth Tax backfires?
There is already an exodus of high tax paying individuals on the go, and a wealth tax will certainly speed it up, with a resulting shrinkage of an already small tax base.
Let Cabinet Ministers suffer like the rest of us
It is high time to put cabinet ministers on a metaphorical diet. Let their pay be commensurate with, and directly dependent on, the welfare of the people they govern.
DA to fight the capture of Knysna in court
The Coalition of Corruption hasn’t even tried to hide the nepotism and crony patronage that they expect the hardworking citizens of Knysna to fund.
Tax on SA high earners keeps the state afloat
International experience shows that people with that sort of tax burden are prone to leave the country imposing it, writes Garth Zietsman.