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The transport industry that makes R100 billion in South Africa – And pays almost no tax | SA News

South Africa’s minibus taxi industry generates an estimated R90 to R100 billion in revenue annually, while paying virtually no tax.

In March 2025, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) said that formalizing and taxing the taxi industry could help to raise funds for the state.

Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage explained that formalizing the taxi sector, which is not currently within the tax base, could significantly broaden South Africa’s tax base.

“It’s not to punish the taxi industry. It’s to say you are formalised, you…

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  1. Van der Merwe goes to Paris to watch the Boks take on the Brits at the world cup.

    Whilst in Paris, he walks around, gaping and staring at everything – so much so that he walks smack bang into a fire hydrant which hits him so hard on the family jewels that he has to be rushed to hospital where the doctors tell him they have to remove his testicles.

    Van goes berserk, he bites and snarls at every one and he won\’t let anybody within 10 metres of him. Eventually they find a South African doctor in the hospital and get him to talk to Van.

    He walks up to Van and tells him \”Hey Van, die ouens moet jou knaters uithaal.\”

    Van replies \”O, okay, ek dog die bliksems wil my test tickets vat.\”

  2. The child who claims to know as many proverbs as his father should be allowed to pay taxes