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Marc Wegerif

Dr Marc Wegerif lectures in development studies at the University of Pretoria. His research focuses on agrarian transformation and food systems. He has over 30 years of development sector work experience from project level to national and international policy and advocacy.

An estimated 40 000 beneficiaries of the Government Employment Pensions Fund (GEPF) received sharply reduced income for October due to tax deductions as high as 60% in some cases.
2018 WORLD INEQUALITY REPORT

Tax the super rich and raise inflation to cut state debt, inequality and poverty

The richest 10% of South Africans own over 85% of all private wealth and a once-off 25% tax would reduce government debt by more than half. Imagine what a five-year wealth tax…

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