I have but a small business with a minor annual turnover of R5m, employing a total of 13 people. I’m proud of the business, which I started from scratch, and I always believed we were contributing to the economy by paying tax. But now each time I have to click that eFiling button on my FNB account it really aggrieves me, as I know this money isn’t being used to uplift society because the government is not fulfilling its mandate. Never mind fulfilling its mandate — by now everyone knows that the only prerogative of the current Cabinet is to loot as much as possible. There is no doubt that our taxes are not just being misspent, but brazenly and openly stolen. There are so many examples (South African Airways, the SABC, Eskom, the arms deal and so on) but what is happening with the current nuclear deal is so apparent that there can be no doubt that the current crop of leaders will actively undermine society if that is what is required to enrich themselves. I am no longer willing to sup...
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