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2026-02-24 11:04:38 +02:00

Karen

6. Tax revenues

Stop trying to squeeze more tax from a shrinking pie. Grow the pie.

Here’s my tip: incentivise micro-entrepreneurs instead of punishing them.

South Africa doesn’t have a tax problem… it has a participation problem. Millions of capable people are sitting outside the formal economy because compliance is scary, expensive, and designed for corporates.

Create a 5-year “Zero Friction Business Window”:
• Flat, tiny turnover tax (think 1–3%)
• No provisional tax, no VAT, no compliance circus
• One app. One number. One payment. Done.

In return, require digital payments only. That instantly widens the tax net, formalises the grey economy, and gives Treasury real-time economic data.

You don’t fix a deficit by milking the same cows harder. You fix it by opening the gates and letting more cows into the field.

Make it radically easy to be legal. Revenue will follow.

2026-02-23 12:37:25 +02:00

martin

All of the above

i feel we are currently paying people to stay at home, and i think those who are young, healthy should work for their money, cleaning and tiding up for a few hours a day or they lose the benifit , this stops the charity aspect and get some retun, i believe it will be unpopular but we cannot carry the total unemployed people that we presently have , also they should be means checked

2026-02-22 23:13:31 +02:00

Ahmed

1. The economy and fiscus

1. Accountability of government seniors who are careless and incompetent and who cause large wastage du to such .
2. Independent bodies that carefully scrutinise tender processes an dhave the power to stop and investigate such processes.
3. Getting rid of ministers ,deputies and DIrector generals who cant get the job done. And all involved persons or parties .
4 Stop wasting money on commissions of enquiries when government never acts in the recommendations.
5. Cancel jobs that dont provide any benefit to country and there are many who sit and dont work at all.
6 . Totally independent financial watch dog to be incepted at all levels with sufficient power put a stop to corruption and bribery .
7 . ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY .
Nb. We have ministers that lie and a Parliament that refuses to sort such incompetent issues due to political biases . This needs independent bodies to do overs work .

2026-02-22 18:49:49 +02:00

Pam

All of the above

2026-02-22 16:21:04 +02:00

Martie

All of the above

Before looking at increasing taxes and for more avenues for revenue, do something about the staggering waste of money.
- begin with government, set an example of competence, cut salaries, live under the laws you are making.
If any area that government is responsible for, is not functional:
- essential services cannot depend on politics, get people in place who can do the job.
- perhaps people in water and electricity and municipal services should be a-political.
- cut incompetent people and replace them with competent people
- decreasing ineffectively large staff.
- increasing the amount of government jobs, is not job creation, instead it is throttling the economy.
- if your ideology is crippling the country, adjust your ideology. As ministers you can afford to cling to ideology, but the rest of us need to eat and support our families.
- speak out against the governments of our neighboring countries. They are crippling their countries and their people flee to South Africa trying to make a living.
- people in government are fat while the people starve.

2026-02-21 12:46:09 +02:00

Jurie

All of the above

2026-02-20 10:02:16 +02:00

Keegan

2. Government Spending

2026-02-20 08:57:47 +02:00

Maurice

3. Addressing a large budget deficit

Cut on the bloated cabinet and deputy ministers.
Get qualified professionals to work in municipalities

2026-02-19 20:27:23 +02:00

Craig

All of the above

Limit government salaries, limit government posts, VIP protection, visits abroad, big wasteful parties for no reason. Control municipalities unproductive spending in favour of secure water, roads, electricity, dams, education.
Current government has demonstrated they do not have the will or skill to turn our dear SA around. Remove the current governement and replace with ethical leaderrs that care about others.

2026-02-19 17:25:37 +02:00

Joan

All of the above

Limit government salaries, VIP protection, visits abroad, big wasteful parties for no reason. Control municipalities unproductive spending in favour of secure water, roads, electricity, dams, education.

2026-02-19 07:21:03 +02:00

Chantel

2. Government Spending

2026-02-18 20:29:04 +02:00

Gordon

Other

It is clear that the present ANC led government is in a state of utterly uncoordinated chaos. To have devolved the Republic of South Africa from a relatively strong growing nation, to where she (South Africa) presently is (a weak economy with her currency at "junk status") if deplorable. Our great president Mr Nelson Mandela did not envisage this for South Africa and her wonderful peoples!

It is time for the ANC Party to step down from their role in government; declare their failure, return what they have stolen; and submit themselves to prosecution for the crimes that they have committed against the people of South Africa, and also against humanity.

The ANC is the greatest disappointment that our country has ever endured.

2026-02-18 20:14:19 +02:00

Gordon

1. The economy and fiscus

The decline in South African growth is due to 3 crucial factors. The obvious solutions to each are listed with my views hereunder:
1. Unemployment of registered South Africans.
a)This can be easily mitigated by allowing the cross border immigration of illegal immigrants. Simultaneously, we need to close our local markets to foreign opportunists from India, China, Iran and the like.
2. The South African economy needs to be revived.
a) The resurrection of mineral wealth mining sectors (like gold, tin, copper, iron and coal - to name a few) in South Africa.
b) A heavy tax on imported luxuries like clothing, and other luxury goods etc, which can easily be produced with local enterprises; which in-turn employ local South Africans to produce such goods for local consumption and even for export - as means of acquiring foreign revenue.
3) The change to efficient management of existing structures that we have (specifically, but not limited to, Eskom, Transnet and Portnet). When we South Africans revive these key-stones of our economy, we will open ourselves to a broad-based increase in both our local and international efficiency - resulting in local growth and also international need (which we are able to supply); both rewarding South Africa with job opportunities, as well as the much desired foreign income.

Please let us start with these three crucial criteria; and then we can progress onto even more opportunities which any good economic consultant can direct our great nation to.

2026-02-18 15:38:40 +02:00

Corrie

2. Government Spending

Government spending is out of control, we must be looking in to a tax revolt sooner than later

2026-02-18 10:05:43 +02:00

Pieter

2. Government Spending