SA Politics Thread Part 10 : The GNU Has Crashed

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It looks like legally the 0.5 percentage point VAT hike will still be going forward as there is not enough time to pass the bills before 1 May. In a normal democracy, Enoch would be fired from his position but alas we are in SA.

Thomson Wilks Attorneys director Bartho van Tonder said the reversal of the VAT hike was not set in stone as judgment in the DA case still has to be handed down. “As can be noted from the minister’s announcement, the Rates and Monetary Amounts and the Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill will take at least several weeks to finalise.

“With the VAT rate scheduled to increase to 15.5% next Thursday, there is not sufficient time to introduce the bill in time to prevent the increase in the ordinary course,” Van Tonder said in a note.
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TheChamp said:
Yes, that retort was already made and I proved that it's totally allowed here to praise people for doing their job.
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It's totally allowed, but then we can also deride them when the job is so piss poor that it's the 2nd worst in the world.
 
TheChamp said:
Yes, that retort was already made and I proved that it's totally allowed here to praise people for doing their job.
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Cute! Awhhhhh that's so adorable that you think you proved something :D
 
Sultan Mustafa said:
I still find the doublethink comical... They're the ones who wanted it in the first place, even dancing in Parliament with Gayton after passing it, now they never wanted it...
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Also don't forget that if the ANC had obtained a majority, they would have passed a 2 percentage point increase in VAT! Hopefully the broader electorate are appreciating not giving the ANC a 50+1 majority. Long may it continue!
 

This time it's IPSOS.
An Ipsos survey, commissioned by News24, shows South Africans are split on Black Economic Empowerment. News24 delves into how South Africans answered according to race, their politics, and education, and examines the country's responses to the policy's impact on economic growth.

Eleven out of every 25 South Africans – less than half the population – believe government should keep Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) going.

Nine out of every 25, over a third of the population, believe government should end all BEE policies, while five in every 25 don’t know what government should do with the controversial legislation aimed at redressing the historical economic inequality created by apartheid.


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When looking at the race of respondents, 46% of black South Africans think BEE should continue and 32% believe it should end. Around 22% don’t know.


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This is according to a large-scale survey by reputable global market research company Ipsos, commissioned by News24, which gauges South Africans’ views on BEE and other crucial issues facing the country.


Take a deep dive into our full coverage - where our journalists unpack everything from BEE's impact to SA's views on tender allocation, job creation and the GNU.
READ | SA Speaks: Is it time for BEE to end?



The core results, simply, are that 36% of South Africans say that these policies should now end, while 44% believe that government should continue to enforce BEE, and 20% "don’t know".


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Among white South Africans, 57% think the policy must end, while 36% think it should stay in place. Around 56% of Indians or Asians, and 47% of coloured South Africans agree that BEE should be over.

When broken down along political party lines, more than half of respondents who voted for the ANC (52%) and EFF (54%) were in favour of BEE continuing. Those in favour of ending BEE were voters for the DA (49%), the FF Plus (60%), the IFP (59%), and ActionSA (41%).

South Africans who completed matric or have some form of higher education tend to favour the continuation of BEE – at 46% and 45% respectively – while 35% of matriculants and 42% of those with higher education want it to end.


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The same survey found that 46% of South Africans agreed or strongly agreed with the statement that BEE policies are slowing down economic growth in South Africa. Around 24% disagreed or strongly disagreed. However, just over 29% had no viewpoint on the matter, or simply did not know if BEE was impacting the country’s growth.


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Around 41% agreed that BEE policies are outdated and divisive, while 27% disagreed. More than a third of black South Africans (37%) agreed, and a similar number (36%) of ANC supporters agreed.


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The survey

The survey was conducted by Ipsos between December and January, through a large-scale omnibus study – Ipsos Khayabus – which aims to represent the demographics of South Africa on specific topics.

The sample size of over 3 600 South Africans was randomly selected, and interviews were conducted face-to-face in the respondents’ homes and in their home languages. The results were weighted and projected to the South African adult population and are therefore statistically representative of all citizens who are eligible to vote.


The margin of error for this study as a whole (influenced by sample size, sampling methodology and response rate) is plus or minus 1.67%.

"This wide-ranging study conducted for News24 formed part of the latest six-monthly Ipsos Khayabus and contributes important information on the opinions of South Africans about the thorny question of BEE," said Mari Harris, political analyst and consultant at Ipsos South Africa.

She said there was a strong national consensus on many of the issues, and it was hoped that the findings would encourage constructive debate and further analysis.

"As found in studies undertaken since the early 1990s, unemployment and the lack of job creation are seen as the perpetual biggest challenges in this country. Do young people, who are more in favour of BEE than older people, and suffer most from unemployment and a lack of jobs, live in the hope that they might one day benefit from BEE?

"South Africans also agree that qualifications and ability are the most important aspects when it comes to employment, and at the same time they lament the non-delivery of services on many levels… will these opinions have an influence on the results of the local government elections coming up in 2026?" Harris asked.

News24 writer at large Carol Paton has studied the findings and has written an analysis questioning What have 20 years of BEE brought us?
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Super interesting result. It seems that BEE is not as popular as some people here tend to act.
 
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