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SARS Looking at R90 Billion Taxi Industry to Further Increase its Increased Tax Revenues…

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The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has now shifted its focus to the R90 Billion taxi industry, which last year paid only about R5 million in taxes. The R5 million tax from last year paid by the industry, cannot even be the income tax of one province’s minibus taxis, and as a result there was a huge outcry in the media and on social media.

How the minibus taxi industry has apparently managed to circumvent its tax obligations to a large extent over the years, is still not clear, but financial experts are calling for the industry to be intensively investigated, to recover taxes from previous years’ revenue that was generated.

The Revenue Service’s diligent search for more income from taxpayers’ wallets, is related to the poor economic condition of the country, and aims to collect maximum taxes so that foreign loans can be repaid, it was claimed.

 

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Ace Fights Suspension with “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” Court Case Against Ramaphosa and ANC!

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The six senior members of the ANC’s executive committee met on Monday to discuss a new development from the disgraced Ace Magashule, who has gone to the High court with a semi-urgent application, to have the ANC party’s decision to suspend him as Secretary General, reviewed by the High court.

The legal process to resolve the dispute could now take weeks, and gives Ace more time before having to make an apology to the country and Ramaphosa.

Magashule’s appeal to the court claims that the decision of the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to suspend him, was based on the principle of him having to “stand aside” while he is being prosecuted, but Magashule says he can only be suspended if he is found guilty of a crime.

Some ANC members have responded saying the “stand aside” resolution has nothing to do with the internal disciplinary process for corrupt people, but there are also those who think Magashule might be right, depending on what was actually agreed
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Eskom Suddenly Implements Phase 2 Rolling Blackouts, Because You Never Know When Unmaintained Machinery will Fail!

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As a result of decades worth of BBBEE, systemic corruption, wholesale plunder, bad management and lack of maintenance, the consumer is once paying the price, as Eskom has had to suddenly start load shedding again, as of Sunday, when they introduced it with phase 2, to supposedly last until Tuesday night, if everything goes according to plan.

Once again an inanimate object was blamed, this time it’s apparently the Tutuka station which had to have repairs to three generating units that failed, and another unit at the Majuba power station also failed, causing it to be stopped for repairs. As a result there is about 6,000 MW  lost over 24 hours, the spokesman from the embattled, bankrupt, national power supplier, Eskom, said.

This is once again a case of unexpected breakage that caused them to be unable to deliver the required power demand, requiring blackouts. However, as some of us know, if you do not maintain something, there is indeed no warning as to when it wi
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SA Banking Ombudsman Reveals Most Common Complaints about Banks & Bankers – FNB had Most Complaints!

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More than 7,700 official complaints have been lodged with the Ombudsman for Banking Services in South Africa, who published their annual report for the 2020 financial year, which contains the most common complaints against banks, as well as bankers, because the relationship between larger customers and the banker is also in the report. 6,472 complaints were received the previous year (2019).

Some complaints are brought to the attention of the Bank with the expectation of getting a response to them and for reporting to the Ombudsman. In this regard, the Ombudsman referred 8,389 cases back to the Banks concerned, which is a sharp increase compared to the 4,709 returned to banks in 2019.

Complaints related to matters on current accounts included fraud, fees charged, and other costs, as well as banks’ negligence in issuing warnings of accounts to be closed by the bank. The Ombudsman also closed 981 accounts involving internet fraud.

Numerous complaints about credi
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Fitch Rating Agency Warns ANC Regime over Uncontrolled Spending and Unproductive Public Sector Salaries!

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In a study published last week, the Fitch credit rating agency has warned the ANC government, which is still reluctant to consider public sector salary demands for the next three-year term, over it’s inability to exercise control over spending, which could lead to further budget problems.

The ratings agency pointed out that the compensation paid to public sector workers, which makes up a massive 35% of the workforce, will not yield good results, and furthermore, any salary increases and adjustments could be detrimental, as the country’s growth will only be around 2% for the financial year.

In response to the agency’s report, Nazmeera Moola, head of SA Investments, claimed that the agencies were inclined to be skeptical of the ANC government’s ability to stick to its position of 0% increase in remuneration.

He says there is also doubt about the government’s ability to create growth in the economy, and while it was a source of concern, the ANC government is appa
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Young White Worker Killed in Philippi Township, Nothing Stolen! Why are Black Townships Still No Go Zones for Whites?

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An innocent young man, Kyle Venter  (20) from Bergvliet in Cape Town, has been shot and killed in cold blood in the black township of Philippi East, however nothing was stolen, so are we to assume it is just because he was a white guy caught alone in a black township, because, let’s be honest, whites risk their lives just going into black townships!

Kyle worked for a construction company and was doing deliveries in the area on Wednesday 12 May, at around 15:45. At the corner of Stock road and Symphony road, a vehicle drove into the back of Kyle’s Hyundai 120.

Kyle’s grandfather, Andre Venter, told Netwerk24 that Kyle was then shot dead. Nothing was stolen from Kyle’s car according to his grandfather. The Police have confirmed that it was murder.

Why is it literally life threatening for a white person to enter black townships, even though blacks can do anything they please at anytime in mostly white residential areas? Being robbed is almost certain. Being the
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Body of Missing Man (82) with Alzheimer’s from Pretoria, Found in Witbank Morgue

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The body of the 82-year-old man with Alzheimer’s, John Rodda, who has been missing since Saturday, while apparently on his way to the pharmacy, has been found in a morgue in Witbank.

Rodda had Alzheimer’s and was last seen on Saturday leaving the retirement home in Wilgers, Pretoria. His family had contacted private detective Mike Bolhuis for help in locating him, and it was on Bolhuis’ platform that an employee of a mortuary in Witbank, saw that Rodda was wanted.

The employee then contacted Bolhuis and conveyed the news to him that Rodda had been in a car accident, and had died in a hospital in Witbank. A post-mortem was done and it was determined that he died due to the injuries he sustained during the car accident.

Information regarding the collision has not yet been released at this stage and the incident is being further investigated.

 

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Was Magashule’s Bluffing? With no Power Base, he Seems Destined to Become the ANC’s Scapegoat…

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Ace Magashule, the disgraced ANC Secretary-General, does not seem to have a solid a power base as was suspected, given that the trade union Cosatu has also made strong statements against Ace, who only has time until the end of the week to apologize to  the country and to Cyril Ramaphosa, for his actions and corruption.

Magashule’s letter in which he had unilaterally stated that he,  as the Secretary General of the ANC party, was suspending Cyril, seems to have caused the the spark in the powder keg, that cost him dearly, if he does not comply with the order.

Ace has however stated that he would not apologize, something he will probably regret as it could mean he would not get another lower position elsewhere, and could even be kicked out of the ANC. That said, he seems to be more aligned with the SACP in recent times.

The suspicion that Ace could mobilize support from Cosatu, having now disappeared like mist before the sun, after the union said Ace is no big
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Solidarity Taking Sisulu to Court to Stop Racist & Illegal Importation of Cuban Engineers!

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The Solidarity trade union has announced that they are continuing with a court application to force the minister of Water Affairs, Lindiwe Sisulu, to cancel her planned import of 24 Cuban water engineers, into South Africa at a cost of R65 million, especially since it was revealed that Sisulu refused to appoint qualified white engineers who have applied for the posts, simply because they were white.

Sisulu made this shameful admission in an interview with Radio 2000, yet Sisulu has not abandoned her Cuban import plans and is using stalling tactics like demanding more talks with Solidarity after Monday’s meeting.

Solidarity had the meeting with Minister Sisulu to try convince Sisulu to appoint South Africans to the post but she is not budging which is why on Tuesday Mr. Dirk Hermann of Solidarity told the media that Solidarity is continuing with the court process.

Solidarity had previously made a list of over a 100 suitably qualified South African engineers ava
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ANC Government wants to Establish a State Bank, in Line with their Socialist Principles. Hint: Central Banks are Private!

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In keeping with the Socialist principle that the State must own and control everything, as with the ANC’s National Health Insurance Scheme, the National Treasury said it was also moving forward with the establishment of a state-owned bank for South Africa, and that Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, were supporting it. It might surprise many to discover that the Central Bank is in fact privately owned, as it is worldwide.

Last week, Treasury Director-General Dondo Mogajane said the new state-run Bank was part of the ANC president’s radical reforms and rumor has it that the members of the Committee, who are involved in the matter, are blaming the Treasury for delaying and dragging their feet in carrying out the matter to establish the Bank.

Experts in the economic field have expressed concern about the planned establishment of a state-owned bank and some analysts say it will eventually become just another state owned entity that will not r
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