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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | message |
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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. |
2026-02-02 13:54:07 +02:00 | Sarah | No I do not | All of the above | I do not a accept this. Too over the the top now. |
2026-02-02 13:52:38 +02:00 | Andre | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 13:51:57 +02:00 | Bee | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 13:51:24 +02:00 | Nina | Not fully | State Surveillance in the form of Lifestyle Audits | This is open to huge abuse! This should be for public servants and top 1% earners only. |
2026-02-02 13:50:48 +02:00 | Ann | No I do not | All of the above | What about our personal rights. This is a democratic Country and we have our rights to privacy! |
2026-02-02 13:50:21 +02:00 | Sam | Yes I do | No concern | It is Time for corrupt Politicisation, Businessmen and Crooks to declare their bribes and backhanded business deals. How does one become a Millionaire and pay no tax |
2026-02-02 13:47:00 +02:00 | Dale | No I do not | State Surveillance in the form of Lifestyle Audits | |
2026-02-02 13:46:03 +02:00 | Nick | No I do not | State Surveillance in the form of Lifestyle Audits | We have already been taken off the financial grey lists, so it's disingenuous to claim this new Lifestyle audit nonsense is a prerequisite for this to continue. The formal sector already has Draconian amounts of FICA rules and regulations to comply with, and now this! And this against the backdrop of an informal sector, the cash-driven and unbanked economy, that is growing exponentially all over SA. But it's too much trouble to tax this economy because there is no paper trail - the only answer is to increase VAT, but of course the government's voting base will cry foul, so nothing will be done. Alas, the geese that have thus far continued to lay golden eggs - the formal economy- will soon all die or move to fairer climes. Pasop. |
2026-02-02 13:45:43 +02:00 | Alex | No I do not | All of the above | This could be used as an intimidation tactic by state powers, who should have no influence on SARS. |
2026-02-02 13:42:09 +02:00 | Petro | No I do not | Granting the NPO Directorate policing powers: | |
2026-02-02 13:41:06 +02:00 | Pierre | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 13:39:52 +02:00 | Gerda | No I do not | All of the above | I do not support this new government legislation as we all have the right to our privacy! The bill will grant the government more power and surveillance in to your live. While it will not stop the fraud and corruption which are taken place in the government. This is nothing to do with crime and or stopping terrorists. It’s about control and the removal of private ownership of property! Employing the laws that already exist to go after looters of the state coffers would be a better use of resources. The GOVERNMENT are OVERSTEPPING their boundaries now and are acting in a pure COMMUNISTIC way where they believe that they are entitled to EVERYONE'S INFORMATION and we don't have a say!? |
2026-02-02 13:38:41 +02:00 | cj | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 13:37:06 +02:00 | Wouter | Not fully | State Surveillance in the form of Lifestyle Audits | I would support this where it is supported by a court order per instance. Broader and proactive policing is a good thing, but the safeguards against abuse (even accidental) need to be clear and sound. |
2026-02-02 13:35:35 +02:00 | Derek | Not fully | All of the above | My primary issue with this is that it's a case of "do as I say, not as I do". So the government wants to audit our lifestyles so they can figure out where they can squeeze more revenue out of us - yet government officials themselves do not do lifestyle audits. We know VERY well from the media and various commissions (Zondo and otherwise) that many of our own ministers themselves are living WELL beyond their means - in such a way that their government salaries are woefully inadequate to cover their lavish lifestyles. Before they start looking at me or any other citizens, they should first come clean themselves and the corruption, nepotism and flagrant disregard for their oaths of office be enforced properly on them. They need to lead by example, so before they start trying this nonsense on the citizenry, they should first get themselves in order first. I'm sick and tired of it always falling to the taxpayer, and this "2-tier" system we have where the political elite are exempt from the rules and can do as they please with no consequences, while the rest of us get cleaned out and have the book thrown at us at every opportunity. |
2026-02-02 13:32:35 +02:00 | Aldi | No I do not | State Surveillance in the form of Lifestyle Audits | |
2026-02-02 13:32:07 +02:00 | Michelle | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-02-02 13:30:45 +02:00 | Patricia | No I do not | All of the above | government acting as big brother, violating human privacy |
2026-02-02 13:30:05 +02:00 | Richard | No I do not | All of the above | The government acting as big brother, violating human privacy |
2026-02-02 13:29:16 +02:00 | Angela | No I do not | All of the above | government acting as big brother, violating human privacy |
2026-02-02 13:29:15 +02:00 | Angela | No I do not | All of the above | government acting as big brother, violating human privacy |