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Ben Cronin
@BenjaminACronin
Commercial Law @ UCT | Advocate for tax and public money | Views are my own
Cape Town Katılım Eylül 2014
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We must abandon austerity and pursue full employment.
Institute for Economic Justice@IEJ_SA
“Even 5 million jobs in 10 years won’t reduce unemployment — we need a war effort.” @NeilColemanSA spoke to Jeremy Maggs on @Moneyweb, expanding on the @dailymaverick op-ed he co-authored with @DumaGqubule. 🎧 Listen/read: moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-podca… #OnTheRecord
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Can you imagine what a third Trump presidency would look like..
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The unemployment rate for African women was 51.2% during the fourth quarter of 2025. we cant continue like this
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Imaginary oil sells for $95 per imaginary barrel.
Real oil sells for $151 per real barrel on Dubai's market.
Which type of oil would you like to fuel your needs?
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@Khuze_Elikhulu The FinMin should rethink the fuel taxes.
If we keep them, they should operate inversely to price movements and support inflation management.
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We need to urgently rethink our taxes on fuel.
The FinMin should consider a different model and urgently present a Rates Bill to Parliament (if we want to keep them).
The taxes should operate inverse to price movements, and this will work with inflation management.
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‼️Dubai Physical crude is trading at around $45 premium to Brent (as flagged by @ryanlemand) on our show today - with futures not necessarily reflecting the tightness in physical markets
Kirill Dmitriev just posted "paper will catch up to physical"
Keep an eye on the physical market
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The bifurcation of oil price indicies is fascinating - across temporal, geographic variables.
The return and centering of the real economy to soveign economic planning is surely just prudent at this point.
Rory Johnston@Rory_Johnston
Platts Dubai crude (balance of the month) just broke above $150 per barrel. Extreme scramble for Middle Eastern physical barrels continues.
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The TRC Cases Inquiry is an important process to answer an intriguing (& troubling) question: why did democratic SA not prosecute apartheid cases identified by the TRC? This is as much an anti-impunity as a rule of law issue.
SABC News@SABCNews
WATCH | Former National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli says political interference severely undermined efforts to investigate and prosecute apartheid-era crimes that were not granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Let me just ask what everyone is probably thinking: is there no-one at that fortress of an embassy that can recommend a decent barber?
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@franstaar In Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart' I would argue in fact that it makes the point that the importation of an overly formalistic colonial form of process runs counter to long standing communal approaches to genuine truth seeking and attempts to resolve community level conflicts
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@franstaar To apply the reference - they are colonial style (Enlgish, not French) extensions of the court room.
Surely, this could not be further from what is envisaged?
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Here is Chinua Achebe in Arrow of God on commissions, written from the point of view of colonisers, Clarke and Winterbottom. My takeaway: collecting facts leads to understanding, even to compassion and responsibility.
Ben Cronin@BenjaminACronin
At its heart, the average SA Commission appears to be nearly entirely dedicated to job creation for lawyers and to fill a growing broadcasting vacuum for news.
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@RyanCoetzee Ryan, we likely won't agree on the framework for this answer, but mechanically, all appropriations proceed from the same place and precede tax collection.
The question in my view is less where the money comes from and more about deciding what are the available real resources.
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Austerity is an existential threat and should be abandoned urgently.
Parliament must fulfill its own obligations and provide adequate funding to all organs of state commensurate with their mandates (including the SANDF).
Newsroom ZA@NewsroomZA
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has warned South Africa that the two countries may be vulnerable to foreign invasion. Lula further suggested that South Africa and Brazil cooperate in combining military potential in order to build stronger defence capabilities as an alliance. This comes as escalating conflicts in the Middle East have urged many global nations to revisit their defence strategies — with France recently announcing intentions to grow its nuclear arsenal and China expanding military spending.
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A state sponsorship for state capture.
Business Day@BDliveSA
Programme will set up a credit guarantee vehicle to attract private investment ebx.sh/KjXNDE
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This is what you have to resort to when you don't have the support of your Minister.
Business Day@BDliveSA
SarsS commissioner proposes a presidency-led strategy to combat SA's illicit economy ebx.sh/ij9Kdl
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At its heart, the average SA Commission appears to be nearly entirely dedicated to job creation for lawyers and to fill a growing broadcasting vacuum for news.
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@collen_sambo2 @PhenyoLB There was a brilliant piece written in the Advocate by Justice Rogers about this very issue.
@franstaar
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Do lawyers advise their clients not to litigate on matters they see that they won’t win or it’s about getting paid heavy legal fees? Because some matters we see being presented by lawyers makes one to loose confidence in lawyers.
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