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Sin tax on gambling won’t work
Adding yet another tax is not how we stop people from gambling. Sin tax on cigarettes only pushed smokers underground.
5 March 2025
Adding yet another tax is not how we stop people from gambling. Sin tax on cigarettes only pushed smokers underground.
This article was first published by Business Day on 5 February 2025 Parastatals and government institutions have thrust SA into years of rolling blackouts, generated insurmountable levels of debt
This article was first published by BizNews on 29 January 2025 The National Minimum Wage doesn’t benefit the unemployed. And as over 32.1% of South Africans remain
We really don’t want a sovereign wealth fund or centralised investment agency in this country. It would be looted of everything and be a fiscal blackhole.
Subsidised businesses seldom do well. And when they do perform well, it is because the subsidies tended to be unneeded.
Trump’s presidency doesn’t have to be a disaster for South Africa. It could be an opportunity for the country to improve its global standing.
Increasing the tax burden on South Africans, no matter how rich, will not help grow South Africa’s wealth. If anything, it will only shrink our growth prospects.
Allowing banks to perform tasks previously monopolised by Home Affairs has shown how effective public-private partnerships can be.
Initial pains have paid off, and Argentina has quickly fixed much of its economic malaise and is on the path to becoming a successful economy.
Profit-making companies don’t care about votes. They care about payment.