Higher tax won't solve anything
The savings should be made in decreasing state inefficiencies, mismanagement, corruption and ideological and populist policies
06 April 2025 - 00:00
South Africa has reached the ceiling for taxes. The quality of the returns on taxpayers' money — in terms of public health, education and safety — is too low, the levels of official corruption, incompetence and wastage are too high, and the tax base is too small. ..
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