Willem Petzer: Getting SA to fight back against taxpayer abuse

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Willem Petzer is an activist who has put together the Taxpayers’ Union of South Africa. The organisation aims to fight back against the abuse of taxpayer money. With the recent events that took place in KZN and Gauteng, Petzer tells BizNews founder Alec Hogg that myriad new members joined during the time of civil unrest. “People are tired of paying tax to an incompetent government that wastes tax money via corruption and mismanagement.” Petzer tells BizNews about what the organisation has been working on. “There is a way that businesses and employees can work together in order to pay as little tax as possible.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 Aug 2021 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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