Updates

Load Shedding Highlights importance of ICASA regulations

The major mobile networks have already claimed that load shedding, which they have no control over, will have a negative impact on reducing the cost of data. However, consumers should not pay the price especially with regulations in place that should be protecting them from not getting value for money this way.

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Time for serious investment in old-age pension grant

Instead of citing fiscus constraints as a reason for not addressing the plight of pensioners, effort should be made to reprioritise how funds are used. This – coupled with an increase in Corporate Income Tax, which has steadily decreased over the years and the introduction of a wealth tax – alongside an urgent action plan to clamp down on corporates that are not tax compliant, are some ways in which revenue to enable this could be generated.

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