{"id":3301,"date":"2020-06-23T11:36:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T11:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/tlu-sa-demands-changes-for-a-sensible-budget\/"},"modified":"2020-06-23T11:37:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T11:37:19","slug":"tlu-sa-demands-changes-for-a-sensible-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/tlu-sa-demands-changes-for-a-sensible-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"TLU SA demands changes for a sensible budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni will on Wednesday announce his special adjustment or \u2018emergency\u2019 budget around COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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A budget is a necessity for any business, including a country. But, it is practically impossible to create a budget from nothing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA country\u2019s budget is about sensible spending in the interest of the resident\u2019s of the country,\u201d says Mr Louis Meintjes, the president of TLU SA. \u201cYou can hardly plan how to spend money you do not have. When a country further struggles to get any affordable loans because the government\u2019s policies directly lead to junk status, an adjusted budget seems rather useless.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSouth Africa\u2019s debt \u2013 already in the range of 80% – have surpassed all logical boundaries,\u201d he says. \u201cThe capacity to reimburse it from tax incomes shrinks by the day. The ANC cannot expect punch-drunk taxpayers to dump more money into the ANC\u2019s bottomless pit, while they continue with the unacceptable and destructive governing style.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Agriculture is a vital industry with many secondary sectors and job opportunities centred around it. Stability is essential for agriculture to function correctly. The expansion and management of infrastructure are crucial to transport products. It is of the utmost importance that disaster management is transparent and without any racial prejudice.<\/p>\n

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Minister Mboweni\u2019s biggest challenge will be to set a budget which will stimulate economic growth. Given the status of our revenue, each decision should be tested against its impact on growth. The budget can only have a chance at success if the following aspects are in place:<\/p>\n

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  1. Fire all incapable government employees and adjust government salaries to rational levels;<\/li>\n
  2. Prosecute all politicians and government officials involved with corruption to cleanse the cabinet;<\/li>\n
  3. Create an independent tender board to approve all government tenders through transparent procedures. The council must consist of members of various political parties under the chairmanship of a judge;<\/li>\n
  4. Clear the SAPS of incapable and corrupt members, and effectively put an end to crime;<\/li>\n
  5. Put an end to all cadre deployment and appoint people on the grounds of expertise, despite race;<\/li>\n
  6. Quit all policies which break down investor\u2019s trust, like expropriation without compensation, BEE and the nationalisation of the Reserve Bank;<\/li>\n
  7. Stop the \u2018struggle\u2019 mentality and become a government which takes decisions in the interest of its residents and not for self-enrichment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \u201cBefore we can entrust any more spending to the ANC government, they must implement the above,\u201d says Mr Meintjes. \u201cWithout it, no budget can be implemented sensibly. The ravaging of the treasury has become synonym with the ANC. We, the taxpayers who want to build the future of the country, cannot keep on financing the government\u2019s failures and wasteful spending.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Agriculture can and want to make a vast contribution \u2013 make it possible for us to do so.<\/p>\n

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    Date:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23 June 2020<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Mr <\/em><\/strong>Bennie van Zyl, <\/em><\/strong>General Manager <\/em><\/strong>TLU SA,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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