
On 26 February, the ATAF Executive Secretary Ms Mary Baine led and hosted a high-level delegation from the African Development Bank (AfDB), led by Executive Director Mr Pirkka Tapani Tapiola, representing Denmark, Finland, India, Ireland, Norway and Sweden, to advance strategic cooperation on domestic revenue mobilisation across Africa and reaffirm the existing Partnership between the two institutions.
The discussions come at a critical time, as African countries face rising debt pressures, narrowing fiscal space and increasing demand for sustainable sovereign financing solutions. Both institutions reaffirmed that sustainable, modern and technology-driven tax administrations are…
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21St Street
India: You have two cows. You create a new country to banish all your people who might eat them.
Round Kick Boomer
Van der Merwe is approached by SANRAL one day who want to build a new highway through his donkey farm. Van is really concerned with how his donkeys can get from one side of the farm to the other without having to cross the highway and risk being injured or killed. He is promised that they will build bridges the highway so that his donkeys can cross under the highway. Van agrees and gives them the go-ahead.
The highway is built and a year later the same rep goes to the farm to go see how Van and his donkeys are. He eventually finds Van under one of these bridges chipping away at the roof of the tunnel with a hammer and chisel.
\”Mnr Van de Merwe, what are you doing damaging the highway bridge?\”