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Anger over ruling party
The Citizen
|February 25, 2025
WAGE BILL: ANC STILL RIDING ROUGHSHOD OVER TAXPAYERS
South Africans were enraged by the fact that one of the reasons for the proposed hike in the value-added tax (VAT) rate is to allow for an above-inflation increase to public sector wages.
Panellists at a PwC breakfast following the non-tabling of the February 2025 National Budget were quite vocal about the ANC and its lack of credibility to cut expenditure and keep the wage bill in check.
Busisiwe Mavuso, CEO of Business Leadership South Africa, said the lack of leadership is best illustrated by what is happening at local government level.
She explained how the path to the state coffers is laid out.
You just have to be unemployed with nothing to do because you have failed as an entrepreneur, in corporate SA, and basically everywhere else.
You need R20 to become an ANC member, then join an ANC branch, speak as loudly as you can, and it doesn't matter if you make sense or not.
This story is from the February 25, 2025 edition of The Citizen.
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