R40 billion is already a staggering number. But Francis Herd breaks it down into something even harder to ignore. Millions per hour, and around R76,400 per minute in irregular expenditure costs across municipalities. That is the kind of figure that makes the audit language feel suddenly very real.
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Immigration ACT 13 of 2002
Immigration is literally a CRIME according to our constitution! Why is the government arguing with us instead of DEPORTING ALIENS 🚮
You're absolutely right. I called it yonks ago. I was not alone. A few of us have been saying a similar thing.
It's the ultimate answer.
But it's part of what we should be telling youth right now.
South Africa Court ruled that there is no automatic citizenship for any child born in South Africa to foreign parents.
Which Africa . Sdumo Mtshali . Gugu Gumede . Tyla . #FWC2026 . #ChuzMazkhethela
Elon Musk did not become a different person when he landed in America.
In South Africa, he may still have been brilliant, restless, and ambitious, but the environment would not have given him the same room to build SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and everything else.
Talent matters. The country you build in decides how much of that talent can become real.