Due to the manner in way agriculture is structured in South Africa, the R105 minimum wage will lead to large scale job losses and an inevitable reconstruction of agriculture. Everybody is welcome to a minimum wage. Unfortunately the choice in South Africa is often between minimum wages or no work at all. It should be expected that South Africa's agriculture will in the next … [Read more...] about Agriculture – New minimum wage will lead to job losses
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Sick police members cost state more than R771 million
Pieter Groenewald: FF Plus MP said: Police Members who were absent from work last year due to illness, cost the taxpayer more than R771 million (R 771 429 000). That is an increase of 40% (39,9) from the previous year (2009). A total of 1,5 million (1 536 688) working days were lost as a result of the sick leave. This is according to the annual report of the Police for the … [Read more...] about Sick police members cost state more than R771 million
Transnet pensioners: FF Plus shocked about Transnet management’s bonuses
Adv. Anton Alberts: FF Plus MP said: The FF Plus is shocked to note that the Transnet top management have received R63,6 million in incentive bonuses for the 2010/2011 financial year while at the same time Transnet is dragging its feet in implementing parliament's order to supplement the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Pension Fund (TSDBPF) in order for the promised … [Read more...] about Transnet pensioners: FF Plus shocked about Transnet management’s bonuses
ANC taxes confirm the FF Plus’ viewpoint
Dr. Conrad Beyers: FF Plus councillor and spokesperson on Finance said: The Freedom Front Plus said that the tendency in South Africa to increasingly target a relatively small group of taxpayers for tax increases from which they derive nearly no benefit, is strengthening the FF Plus' argument that it makes economic sense that minority groups should have greater statutory … [Read more...] about ANC taxes confirm the FF Plus’ viewpoint
Tutu’s white tax is racist and targets defenceless poor whites
Adv. Anton Alberts: FF Plus MP said: The Freedom Front Plus rejects Archbishop Desmond Tutu's plea for a white tax as being racist and thoughtless. It borders on the emotional statements of Julius Malema and does not contribute to the debate on how to address the country's economic problems properly. "It is improper to single out white people as they have already for the … [Read more...] about Tutu’s white tax is racist and targets defenceless poor whites
