But how do I cancel?

The answer is that I must hold on once just to find out who they are, give them a mouthful, and then cancel whatever it is that I do with them.

If it is a salesman trying to sell me stuff, then the approach has even less sense.

S.A Government makes huge profits from crime.

Question: “What is the influence of crime on the S.A. Govt?”

Answer: Crime generates millions and millions of Rand’s for the SA Government Here are the facts….

Example 1: Take just one million home owners in Gauteng who pay for “armed crime reaction” (not crime prevention) where private security companies react AFTER the crime has taken place – no wonder they never make any arrests!

This service costs on average R250 p.m.

Therefore 1,000,000 x R240.00 x 12 months x 14% VAT, generates R403 million in tax revenue for the SA Govt!….

Example 2: A car thief steals a R500,000 car and receives between R10,000 and R30,000 for his deed.

The car owner is paid out by insurance and then purchases another similar vehicle, on which he pays 14% VAT of approx R70,000 as a direct result of crime.

Who profited the most?

The thief or the SA Govt?

We must begin with a mechanism whereby the SA Govt is forced to reconsider this unconstitutional and immoral practice of profiting from crime!

All South Africans should demand that all payments related to protection of life and property should be VAT free and Tax deductible! This principle should also apply to replacement of stolen property as well as estate duty. If a person dies as a result of crime we should also demand that estate duty not be paid. How much do you think the SA Govt. has made out of estate duty from the murders of 1300 South African farmers?

The S.A. Govt likes to compare us to overseas. Well overseas your safety and security is covered by your income tax and is tax deductible!

It is time that South Africans stood together and made the Govt. and public aware of the Govt’s “income” from crime. In the meantime crime is the goose that lays the golden egg.

Is it also not unreasonable to expect victims of violence and hijackings to pay their own medical costs? The Govt. should pay for these expenses as well as family counselling for victims!

Come on South Africa, ask the right questions and demand the right answers!

You could just delete this message or you could help make a difference. Send this to everyone you know – now!

I think we will see changes happening when all the court cases starts.

The other rumour is that FNB want to link the eBucks system, the online currency that thinks it’s a loyalty programme, with PayPal. And all before we turn into Blatterland in June.

Keep you posted.

So once again, entrepreneurs are being shafted by government red tape.

At the worst cvase, a local charity or self-help group decide to do a bit of fund-raising. They hire a venue, put infrastructure in it for the local village to watch Bafana Bafana, and put up a bar to recoup their costs and make some money. They pay R50 ooo.

Doesn’t seem quite right to me.

They seem incapable of grasping the simple fact that in any developed economy about 80% of economic activity comes from businesses with less than 30 employees. Growth in the SA economy and hence employment will come in that sector, not by creating another Anglo or Barlows.

The less charitable answer is that they do not want to formalise the sector and bring it into SARS orbit in case they upset their political constituency.

It seems that small business is there to be used as a purse whenever they need a bit of pocket change.