Kery Boucher

[Rassie Erasmus @RassieRugby]

Know there is many songs out there! But it is Friday 😂 Danko 🇿🇦

[Springboks @Springboks]

Match report: Playing with 14 men, the #Springboks outscored France by 19-3 in the second half for a superb victory in Paris on the occasion of Siya Kolisi's 100th Test for South Africa - more here: https://t.co/g0Wc0yrnm7 🙌
#Springboks #ForeverGreenForeverGold #FRAvRSA

[Springboks @Springboks]

What a victory in Paris to celebrate Siya Kolisi's 100th Test! Merci @FranceRugby for a tough match 🇿🇦
#Springboks #ForeverGreenForeverGold #FRAvRSA

[Go, See, Do Awesome @fastaireZA]

Hey there @FNBSA and @Rb__sa did you know, you broke your inContract html email code with a release back in 2023 on 2023/03/26? You changed the code and since then the header and footer image no longer display even though it is still attached? Also it contains at least two more bugs.

[Go, See, Do Awesome @fastaireZA]

Stuck at CDG airport @francediplo_EN with hundreds of passengers waiting for one border control agent to process all passengers, been waiting an hour, queue is 3 hours. What’s the problem!?

[Go, See, Do Awesome @fastaireZA]

For crying in a bucket! @Microsoft how is anybody getting anything done on Windows 11? That white blob is the payment screen not loading, then taking 2 payments, instead of 1, then refunding both!? WTF
I'm a Product Manager - please hire me to fix this for you.

[VT @VusiThembekwayo]

South Africa does not only have an expenditure problem.

South Africa has an economic growth problem.

That’s not news.

What is needed is this:

1. Link the salary increases of the cabinet ministers, the executive & directors generals of various government departments to the GDP growth rate.

The system is not set up for those in power to perform. The number one lesson in business is that what you reward, you replicate.

2. Zero-based budgeting so that the budget can be linked to the state's strategy and priorities, not simply incremental increases year on year.

3. An open ledger for all national and provincial contracts, a live tracker on government spending, the companies that the funds are spent with and the directors of those companies. It’s public funds. So make the information public. Only bad behaviour hides in secrecy.

For directors to do business with the state, the national interest in fair and transparent dealing should supersede their legal right to the protection of information.

A fair trade-off, I think.

4. Create profit-sharing incentives for state revenue-generating institutions and link them to service delivery (Uptime).

Not just bonuses. But profit sharing. Or surplus distributions, as the case may be.

So, executives working at ports, water authorities, etc., should be incentivised to deliver services and collect revenues for those services.

5. The surplus on state investment funds should be returned to the real economy. Duma Gqubule has written extensively about this. You should read his page to learn more about this idea. Capital should be in the real economy generating risk-adjusted IRR, not just in the financial economy mitigating risk.

Nothing changes if nothing changes.

These are wild ideas I’m thinking before take off.

Please share your thoughts. The more unique & wild the idea the better. We need new and radical approaches because this current playbook is not working.

#Budget2025

VT

[Go, See, Do Awesome @fastaireZA]

What the hell is going on at HP!?
Had the worst experience setting up an @HP printer, the OfficeJet Pro 8124e. Basically you sign your life away just to print something. HP+ firmware update caused it to crash, @currys sell printer ink but don’t tell you that’s going to be free as part of “HP Instant Ink” - that is a whole other evil.
If I’d known about all this invasive, control and manipulative (trying really hard not to swear) nonsense would never have bought the damn thing. Seriously taking @HP off my list for future laptop and hardware choices.

[Phumlani M. Majozi @PhumlaniMMajozi]

Yes, my brother. Spot on!

[Go, See, Do Awesome @fastaireZA]

@SimonPB Good news or bad news?
They are probably rethinking raising taxes.
If they do, seriously think it’s time for a full blown civil disobedience campaign of not paying rates & taxes, income tax, company tax and VAT.

[AgentLeon @AgentLeonV3]

South Africa

No, it's not misinformation.

Land grabs are currently taking place in the Eastern Cape.

This is a direct result of the Exproriation Without Compansation Act that was signed into law by the government.

[Mike Abel @abelmike]

When a country needs to tax its citizens even more, when they are already paying exorbitant taxes, and in return for little, as regards services, they need to start asking some long and hard questions…

1. Why is our tax base so small?
Have we failed to grow the economy through attracting domestic and foreign investment?

2. Is our foreign policy investment friendly? Well, when you deliberately alienate your second biggest trade partner, and that directly responsible for 250 000 jobs through AGOA alone, you need to consider the wisdom of your approach?

3. Are our domestic policies and acts, investment friendly or increasingly unfriendly? Do they foster trust and confidence in the Government as a safe haven to place hard-earned funds?

4. Are we incentivising or disincentivising our top tax payers? Are we killing the geese that lay the golden eggs? And is it fair?

I have no problem paying my current and very high PAYE, dividends withholding tax, Capital Gains Tax, Company tax, VAT, Estate duty etc in trying to create a more shared and inclusive economy.

But when the Government makes incredibly investment unfriendly decisions, and then when our tax money is not deployed judiciously and effectively, then it becomes hugely problematic for the country.

Increasing tax is always a sign of policy trouble. As Margaret Thatcher said “The problem with socialism, is that you eventually run out of other people’s money”.

Love her or loathe her, she was right about that.

[🆃🅸🅰🅰🅽 - 𝕏 *️⃣ @Tiaan35009125]

What Black People can learn from Afrikaners.

[Conscious Caracal 🇿🇦 @ConCaracal]

The pressure on the race-mad South African government is mounting.

The world is taking notice.

[Go, See, Do Awesome @fastaireZA]

@FlySafair any issues flying out of East London? Is normal operations expected for tomorrow, I’d not like to be stuck at the airport again.

[Kery Boucher @keryboucher]

@FlySafair Fine pls initiate my cash refund

[Kery Boucher @keryboucher]

@FlySafair We don’t reside in South Africa so a voucher cannot be used. I don’t see why I should pay an admin fee as I did not cancel the flight & am incurring additional charges to deal with this as you do not have sufficient staff at the airport

[Kery Boucher @keryboucher]

@FlySafair Cash refund - she will cancel & travel with us

[Kery Boucher @keryboucher]

@FlySafair I just want a full refund & a refund for 8BBJAN my sister in law

[Kery Boucher @keryboucher]

@FlySafair S6WBU9