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Mar 5 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 BEE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL – HERE’S WHY IT MUST FALL 🚨
BEE is blatant elite enrichment, a tax that fuels crony socialism, kills investment, and keeps millions of South Africans trapped in poverty.
Worse — it’s unconstitutional. 🧵👇
1️⃣ BEE VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION
🔴 Defies the RULE OF LAW: The Constitution prohibits unfair racial discrimination.
⚠️ BEE is UNFAIR discrimination as it relies on the Population Registration Act—the foundation of apartheid-era racism.
Mar 3 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 THREAD: How THEY are forcing YOU to bankroll the BEE MAFIA 🚨
For over 20 years, BEE has enriched the elite while leaving millions in poverty. Increasingly aggressive BEE policies are draining your wallet — crippling businesses, inflating prices, killing jobs.
Let's break it down. 🧵👇
1️⃣ BEE isn’t empowerment—it’s a tax on the poor.
BEE adherence for both government procurement & private sector businesses costs money – money that could have gone to tax relief, lower prices or more jobs at successful businesses.
The poorest South Africans suffer the most from prices inflated by BEE. You’re paying the BEE tax whether you like it or not. 💸
Feb 27 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
🚨Hidden BEE Premiums: How Preferential Procurement Drains Billions 🚨
South Africa’s government pays a premium on almost everything it buys — far more than private businesses.
Why? It's a system that prioritizes race over value-for-money spending, wasting billions.
Let’s break it down. 🧵👇
1️⃣ A R40M School That Should Cost R15M?
In 2009, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan exposed the shocking reality:
❌ The state paid R40M for a school that should have cost R15M.
❌A R26 loaf of bread instead of R7.
That’s anti-ownership economics in action — where taxpayers pay more and get less.
Feb 24 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
💥🚨 South Africa’s biggest scam? Forcing you to bankroll Blatant Elite Enrichment.
SA is #1 in the world for ripping off taxpayers — taking BILLIONS and delivering nothing.
Roads? Hospitals? Schools? Forget it.
Your taxes subsidize cadres, cronies & crooks to live large.
Let's unpack it 🧵👇
1⃣ SA has officially hit rock bottom.
We rank WORST in the world for how fast our government takes more tax while delivering less.
More money stolen. Less value for YOU.
How bad is it? Let’s dive in 👇
Feb 19 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 THREAD: NO NEED FOR A VAT HIKE—CUT BEE PREMIUMS INSTEAD! 🚨
📢 The ANC wants to hike VAT to 17%, making life more expensive for EVERYONE. But here’s the truth:
💡 If BEE premiums are cut, VAT doesn’t need to rise at all! In fact, VAT could even go DOWN.
👇 Let’s break it down 🧵
1️⃣ The budget delay is a BIG DEAL.
For the first time in decades, there’s time to rethink how government spends YOUR money. 💰
Instead of squeezing South Africans with a 17% VAT hike, why not cut wasteful spending first?
Feb 14 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 The State Land Audit: Misused & Misleading
The 2017 State Land Audit is often cited to justify EWC. But both the EFF and ANC misuse its data, distorting South Africa’s land ownership picture. Let’s break it down. 👇
1⃣ The EFF claimed black people own:
📌 Less than 2% of rural land
📌 7% of urban land
The @MYANC echoed this, with President @CyrilRamaphosa stating whites own 72% of all individually owned farms.
Feb 12 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 South Africa’s land debate: EWC & the future of property rights.
In 2018, President @CyrilRamaphosa declared: “We are going to take land, and when we take land, we are going to take it without compensation.”
This policy has major implications. Here’s what you need to know. 👇
1⃣ EWC is a major policy shift.
The government frames it as land reform, but it also threatens property rights, investment, and economic stability. ⚠️
Feb 10 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🚨 THREAD: Why does the ANC keep pushing Expropriation Without Compensation (EWC)?
Because it’s part of a bigger plan—the National Democratic Revolution (NDR).
The problem? It’s making South Africa poorer, not better.
Let’s break it down. 🧵👇
1⃣ The ANC has been committed to the NDR for decades.
At every national conference, it reaffirms this goal: transforming SA through wealth redistribution—not by growing the economy, but by shifting existing assets.
Feb 8 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
EWC FAQs – What You Need to Know 🧵🚨
The Expropriation Act is now law. What does this mean for your property rights?
❌ It allows expropriation without compensation
❌ It applies to ALL property – not just land
❌ It opens the door for government abuse
Here’s how it works & why you should be concerned. 🧵👇
1️⃣ What Can Be Expropriated?
⚠️ Not just land! The Act applies to ALL property in South Africa.
Last night President Ramaphosa announced how the government planned to extend South Africa’s economic lockdown. The government plans to follow a system with five levels of lockdown.
