@BrendanPorath Facing with a 2 shot penalty, anyone is in their own right to investigate and protest if he believes he did not intentionally contravene the rules. I am with Bryson here. He had the right to question, he accepted and moved on.
Wealth taxes are a direct cause of unemployment and poverty. In SA the four major wealth taxes are Capital Gains Tax, Death/Inheritance taxes, property transfer duties and municipal rates. In SA there is an additional problem in that tax rates are punitively high, inhibiting capital formation (savings) in the first place. Investment in the economy is at levels which cannot sustain even 1% growth. Unfortunately, National Treasury thinking is state-led consumption to drive growth. Consumption-led growth is inevitably debt-driven, which grows at a faster rate than the economy. It also has a paucity in job creation.
When politicians talk about job creation, their sentiments are empty wishful thinking if it is not backed up by policies that boost capital formation (especially household saving), promote investment and shift resources into the private sector. Tax rates need to be competitive (not merely comparable) with fewer taxes and easy to administer. All wealth taxes must be abolished and taxes that raise the investment hurdle rate should also be diminished or scrapped. A job-creating tax system would give tax breaks to saving and investment and focus on consumption.
@Finnthehuman80@GaytonMcK@GaytonMcK, Kids in sport stay out of trouble, build discipline, character, and healthy competition - your words.
All children deserve to play, including Afrikaans kids preserving their culture through sports. Focus on expanding access for everyone instead of targeting one group.
@Finnthehuman80@GaytonMcK@GaytonMcK, how can you oppose children playing sports? Would you rather they get involved with drugs, gangs, or divisive politics?
You should be supporting initiatives like this and replicating the model across South Africa.
@jackson_rem@ProfTimNoakes South Africa is in dire need for those skills and there are a lot of people is South Africa who will be able to make a decent living by learning those skills. Closing those technical schools was wrong.
@MbalulaFikile Destroying companies = destroying jobs = poverty and suffering of our people. The ANC’s policies created mass unemployment in South Africa.
@BDliveSA SA’s slow growth stems from crushing taxes funneled to tenderpreneurs and a bloated grants system. Almost nothing is left for entrepreneurs to invest in new businesses and create real jobs.
@Lesufi@GaytonMcK South Africa belongs to all who live in it. True nation-building means embracing our diverse heritages, not policing them.
Are we not all South Africans? Let’s choose unity over manufactured divisions.
@Lesufi@GaytonMcK The song contains no references to Apartheid or racial supremacy. White SA children have every right to celebrate their cultural heritage and sing about their love for SA — just like any other group.
Singling them out and branding their culture as “Apartheid” is divisive.
@Lesufi@GaytonMcK Since when does singing a patriotic song about loving South Africa equate to celebrating Apartheid — simply because it’s sung by white Afrikaner children? The song celebrates the awakening of our people, the beauty of our land and a commitment to freedom and building.