Jeremy Sampson

@DailyInvestorSA Why?

The International Trade Administration Commission has proposed higher tariffs on importing solar panel components, which could raise the price of panels. dailyinvestor.com/energy/127393/…

An hour after announcing his resignation, the US Army Chief of Staff says: "A madman is about to lead the great US military to ruin."

City managers, CFOs are coining it while service delivery faulters in SA's biggest metros. Find out what they are earning, in the #SundayTimes ZA tomorrow

And still the ANC want to steal 30% of Starlink from Elon.

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CORRUPTION LECTURE 🎓😭 Guys do u you have moment, I just want to remind you how corrupt leaders operate… in this country Step 1: They never own anything in their name. No no, that’s for honest citizens 😭 They register luxury SUVs, houses, businesses in children, cousins, uncles, even that one relative who only appears at funerals Step 2: When caught, they say “it was a donation” bonus points if you mention an organisation nobody can trace 😭.. Step 3: Forget declarations. Transparency is for textbooks, not real life Step 4: Payments? Please don’t insult them with bank trails… it’s cash, eWallets, “facilitation fees”, and silent handshakes 🤝💸 Step 5: If questions come, they act shocked… “me?? never!! must be a misunderstanding” and just like that… public money goes on a family tour while citizens are told to be patient..

ANC never was, never will be Fit for Purpose! "R800K vehicles are not viable therefore R1.1Mil" Since when has scavengers masquerading as Politicians ever used benchmarks? Soon, Porche, Lamborghini Rolls-Royce, Ferrari shall also not be good enough!

@simsilwana Their 32 year track record says otherwise! Bring back the technikons, teach people to make a living for life. Plumbers, electricians, builders. Many are not university material, and many who get degrees are not employable.

The only hope for young people is the ANC.

@abelmike Now now Mike! As taxpayers we are perfectly within our rights to ask ‘public servants’ to explain themselves and be held accountable. We have had enough of being stitched up by incompetent politicians, dumped on us by their party, to look after their parties interests.

Well, it’s an interesting question Jeremy, so I looked up the answer. It seems Mr Dunga has no financial qualifications at all. This is then quite an odd decision then, given a R179 billion overhead budget is bigger than that of any corporate in South Africa (who are filled with actuaries, economists and CA’s). One would imagine having responsibility for 7% of the full national budget, who be placed in the hands of someone who had the qualifications and experience to do this, and had not been fired by the very same party, for not being able to handle that budget efficiently nor effectively. But maybe I’m just too simple to understand the logic of it all?

Truly mysterious how local politics works. Is this not the very same Nkululeko Dunga who was fired as Ekurhuleni Finance MMC by ANC Mayor Xhakaza in 2024 who now lands the whole Gauteng Finance MEC job? Did I miss the part where his track record suddenly improved, or is “coalition politics” a new qualification on its own? The one area that needs critical focus in Gauteng right now, as literally everyone knows, is the judicious allocation of funds to fix infrastructure. Will this help fix Gauteng? How will his R179 billion budget be allocated?

It seems a real pity, given SARS collected R155 billion more this past year, than the previous tax year. That although money is efficiently collected, it is then placed in the hands of people who don’t have the qualifications, experience nor track record it seems, to judiciously deploy those funds effectively, and with good governance, in the economic heartland of South Africa. All rather worrying and perplexing.

@ConCaracal And how much did the SOE’s cost us? Collectively it must be huge. The money could be better spent to create growth by collaborating more closely with the private sector.

Racially discriminatory laws (BEE) cost South Africa R1.15 trillion in tax revenue per year dailyinvestor.com/finance/95822/…

[OPINION} BLSA CEO Busi Mavuso says the NPA's arrest of 11 senior police officials is proof that the age of impunity is over, but arrests aren't enough. #Moneyweb ow.ly/E9xJ50YAAr3

@MTNGroup @NompiloMMorafo Well deserved.

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@IraninSA @TonyBeamish Do we have any vessels?

The Strait of Hormuz lies within the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. South African vessels can pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

@RobynCurnow When do the peach trees come into blossom?

NEW: My daughters asked me what I’d be writing about on my Substack this week. I said Trump and Spring. They exchanged the look - the one that means here she goes - and retreated into their bedrooms. Fair enough. I’ve been thinking about America the way I think about Atlanta’s pollen season. Something massive is happening; something so large, and so pervasive, and so difficult to breathe that it’s hard to see what it might actually be. Read more... 🎙️Searching for America pod on Spotify and Apple 🖊️Sign up for my newsletter (no shouty politics just my musings from the South) robyncurnow.substack.com

@Gaye_Davis @TonyBeamish How many strategies do you need? And then you need an action plan. And then you need tie right people to make it happen. It’s not that complicated.

We need better strategy from government if the economy is to improve news24.com/business/opini…