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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | message |
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2026-02-02 14:09:47 +02:00 | Msokoli | Not fully | State Surveillance in the form of Lifestyle Audits | As much as companies has our contacts without our concern this is going to be more or add risks that we're already into, on the same note the state doesn't check on them or protecting citizens, companies monopolize citizens so much including Sars triple+ tax they taking from citizens, those in government including opposition parties don't protect citizens as they claim, it's just Window dressing when they engage with citizens in they're speeches. |
2026-02-02 14:09:44 +02:00 | Suzette | No I do not | All of the above | The law as it is do not prevent corruption or scams , so nothing will help as the thief's get away and put law abating citizens through a lot of admin and irritation dealing with financial institutions. |
2026-02-02 14:09:44 +02:00 | Philip | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 14:08:56 +02:00 | Brad | No I do not | All of the above | Governments continued attempts to subvert and control its citizens are becoming more and more desperate. Their SOE cash cows are running out of milk, so what the next source? They're now turning on us - the people to whom this country actually belongs. Governments are supposed to be servants, not Kings and Queens. To give this level of power to a corrupt state would allow them to attack individuals at a whim. |
2026-02-02 14:08:09 +02:00 | Matthew | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 14:05:36 +02:00 | Shireen | No I do not | State Surveillance in the form of Lifestyle Audits | |
2026-02-02 14:04:29 +02:00 | Ingrid | No I do not | All of the above | Phrasing this as a Life Style Audit when it is also phrased as combatting Tèrrorist Finance is a misleading intent of this exercise. SARS actually wants to catch tax evaders. This has nothing to do with a Lifestyle audit. Audit the corrupt goverment officials. Check that their lifestyles are inline with their exorbitant incomes. Also Audit their frequent trips overseas and parties at tax payers expense. The G20 summit in South Africa is a case in point. It was nothing but a begging exercise. South Africa will never come right with all the illegal activity in it. The government says yes to all except the really poor and struggling. People are starving but nobody cares. And it is because of inflation on food. People are starving. Pay attention South Africa we are heading the same route as Zimbabwe. |
2026-02-02 14:03:28 +02:00 | hennie | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 14:00:38 +02:00 | Federico | No I do not | All of the above | Concerned with over reaching state abuse of powers. |
2026-02-02 13:57:41 +02:00 | Jorina | No I do not | State Surveillance in the form of Lifestyle Audits | I hereby submit my formal objection to the proposed legislation that seeks to grant the State access to my personal lifestyle and to conduct lifestyle audits on private citizens. I object on the basis that this proposal represents a serious infringement on the constitutional rights to privacy, dignity, and freedom of lawful economic activity. Law-abiding South Africans should not be treated as suspects by default, nor should the State be granted sweeping powers to scrutinise the private lives of citizens without reasonable cause. More concerning is the context in which this proposal is being introduced. South Africans have, for many years, witnessed widespread corruption, theft of public funds, and abuse of power by senior government officials, ministers, and their families — often without accountability or meaningful consequence. Billions have been lost through state capture, maladministration, and corruption, while ordinary citizens carry the burden through taxation, unemployment, and declining public services. It is deeply unjust for the State to seek intrusive oversight of citizens’ lifestyles while those entrusted with public office continue to enrich themselves with impunity. Any discussion of lifestyle audits must begin with the full, transparent, and enforceable auditing of all ministers, members of parliament, senior officials, and their immediate families — without exception. Trust in government cannot be demanded through legislation; it must be earned through accountability, integrity, and equal application of the law. Until corruption within government is decisively addressed and public funds are protected, expanding surveillance over private citizens is neither reasonable nor acceptable. I therefore strongly oppose this proposed law and urge the State to focus its efforts on combating corruption at the highest levels of government, strengthening existing accountability mechanisms, and restoring public trust. |
2026-02-02 13:56:33 +02:00 | Kebi | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 13:55:39 +02:00 | Phakama | No I do not | State Surveillance in the form of Lifestyle Audits | |
2026-02-02 13:55:10 +02:00 | Charl | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 13:54:21 +02:00 | Maria | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 13:54:09 +02:00 | Sarah | No I do not | All of the above | I do not a accept this. Too over the the top now. |