There is a video clip on @afriforum's Facebook of my speech at the public hearing on expropriation without compensation yesterday. I'll add the link below. The audio is poor, due to the echo in the chamber (pun intended). So for those asking, here is a thread of what I said... My name is Ernst Roets. I am from AfriForum. I was sent here by Jan van Riebeeck to explain to you why we are opposing expropriation without compensation.

Mr. Chairperson, we do know, and the panel sitting there also knows that land reform is a political ploy.

The service delivery I’m getting from @CityTshwane is the worst I have ever received. I asked a supervisor if they agree that I should stop paying taxes. They said they agree that I can be angry, because I’m getting no service, but I must please keep paying taxes. My tax money pays the salaries of people who are sitting in government buildings, not doing the work they are getting for; to people who are completely dependent on “the system” but whose “system is down” every time someone has a problem, & who have no clue how the system works.