Last week Thursday I have prepared myself for the announcement of a 3 month extension of the Lockdown that some of us have hoped to end 3 days from now. Well- I have also hoped that this coming Friday would have seen me back at court to pick up the pieces of matters that have to be enrolled anew and my friends back at their work, making the most of what is left of March 2020 to scrape together at least a semblance of an income.
Still- what I got was not what I shall call "the worst"- well- at least not yet. We got another 2 weeks- effectively erasing April as a month for many of us to earn anything.
As we will get reminded, however, there is always a bigger picture and some of us are just not important enough to feature in it. It can't be avoided. Had our Government opted to favour the economy and ended the Lockdown I am certain that the deaths of many South Africans would have been on its hands.
In the current model we see that some of our business owners are going to get left behind. So- some of us are going to end up as collateral damage in this war against what US President Donald Trump calls "The Invisible Enemy." Should it be this way? Definitely not.
In this post I am going to point out the flaws in the current financial relief structures that have been put in place. We will then identify those people who are currently not being provided for. Those people are the ones for which we still have to fight and- with our courts now having a lot more time on their hands as all of the matters that filled its rolls are put on indefinite hold (unless we do return to court as normal after the end of this month) I say we can and must fight for these people's livelihoods.
South Africa itself is a country whose racial tension gets avoided for good reason. It is counterproductive. Our Rugby World Cup Victory of last year has been used to the fullest by the media and politicians alike to create an atmosphere of unity and friendship throughout the entire country.
The current crisis, however, has now reminded many White South Africans that they have a Black government and in a time of crisis, when the government is forced to apply triage measures in distributing resources- this Government will first take care of its people, the ones that not only belong to their own ethnic group, but whose votes have been keeping them in power for the last 25 years or so. Normally we would tiptoe around this kind of issue, but as dark as the future seems for some of us now it is not going to be any use trying to shut us up.
Just a while ago we would have watched our mouths on Social Media.
The following post from Facebook, however, shows me that the desperation White South Africans feel now far outweighs any fear of being treated like Vicky Momberg:
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HIDDEN CORONA TRUTH?
What is most disturbing though- is that there seems to be a darker agenda creeping into this "Corona" business- one that is not notably visible- but when you start playing "devil's advocate" - becomes more apparent:
1. Mostly businesses in the private sector were forced to close down and suffers huge losses- while government institutions still are allowed to operate as normal. Now as we know- most government institutions consists out of mainly BLACK people and private businesses consist out of mainly white and other minority group people. Thus- the majority black people in the government still receives their full monthly salary, do not suffer any losses- and still are able to survive the "Corona" lock-down.
2. In the private sector certain concessions were made to the BLACK taxi business and the informal traders to proceed operating as normal. As we all know - again the taxi business consists of mainly BLACK people and so does the informal traders as well.
3. When loans to assist struggling businesses was granted- only businesses which are 51% BLACK owned could qualify for government assistance.
4. It also is the majority BLACK people that receives state grants.
5. We also took note that it is mainly struggling BLACK people that receives preference out of the government's Solidarity Fund when it comes to handing out food parcels. Not ONE white impoverished squatter camp resident received any assistance in this matter.
Do you note that the term "black" keeps popping up in all the cases where concessions and government assistance is given? Is it again another crude twist to hide the ANC's own terrible governance and drum up voter support again for the next elections ? AND all it would take to destroy the mainly white private sector is to keep on "extending" this "Corona" lock-down for several months. The white minority will then be totally destroyed, impoverished and at the mercy of the state all while the black majority will still be well looked after and Black Economic Empowerment also rule the business world. What a fine example of Ramaphosa's "Fourth Industrial Revolution " that will be- all hidden in plain sight under the "Corona" veil ?
Now the question to be asked is why is it so that the majority black people in government and in the private sector still are allowed to be able to earn their income while on the other hand other businesses that belongs to other groups were shut down and prevented from doing business and feeding their families as well? This includes suppliers which are not owned by black people such as the liquor and cigarette industries as well as hardware, confectionery , snacks and many other suppliers. Why does Ramaphosa and his cronies discriminate against non-black businesses in this subliminal way- knowing quite well that any "extensions" of this Corona-hoax will totally destroy the private sector? I mean everybody(mainly whites and businesses) pay the biggest part of taxes. Is it not fair to say that government employees as well as the taxi and informal business sectors also must suffer the same consequences as the rest? Why does Ramaphosa not stop all salaries of government employees and all black businesses bar "essential" services as well- including himself and his ministers? Is this a deliberate hidden nepotistic attempt to 1) Destroy the middle class entirely so only the super rich and super poor would be left- and 2) Destroy all non-black businesses in order for the black majority to survive and becoming stronger in a hidden " Fourth Industrial Revolution" scenario?
This way NO white business will survive, people will not be able to honor their obligations, foreclosure of property and assets will follow- and the majority whites will join their next of kin in impoverished squatter camps where the ANC feels " comfortable " with them to be. This is questions that now slowly came to mind if you look what is happening currently hidden under this "Corona"-lock down exercise. Am I wrong in this assessment?"
What is most disturbing though- is that there seems to be a darker agenda creeping into this "Corona" business- one that is not notably visible- but when you start playing "devil's advocate" - becomes more apparent:
1. Mostly businesses in the private sector were forced to close down and suffers huge losses- while government institutions still are allowed to operate as normal. Now as we know- most government institutions consists out of mainly BLACK people and private businesses consist out of mainly white and other minority group people. Thus- the majority black people in the government still receives their full monthly salary, do not suffer any losses- and still are able to survive the "Corona" lock-down.
2. In the private sector certain concessions were made to the BLACK taxi business and the informal traders to proceed operating as normal. As we all know - again the taxi business consists of mainly BLACK people and so does the informal traders as well.
3. When loans to assist struggling businesses was granted- only businesses which are 51% BLACK owned could qualify for government assistance.
4. It also is the majority BLACK people that receives state grants.
5. We also took note that it is mainly struggling BLACK people that receives preference out of the government's Solidarity Fund when it comes to handing out food parcels. Not ONE white impoverished squatter camp resident received any assistance in this matter.
Do you note that the term "black" keeps popping up in all the cases where concessions and government assistance is given? Is it again another crude twist to hide the ANC's own terrible governance and drum up voter support again for the next elections ? AND all it would take to destroy the mainly white private sector is to keep on "extending" this "Corona" lock-down for several months. The white minority will then be totally destroyed, impoverished and at the mercy of the state all while the black majority will still be well looked after and Black Economic Empowerment also rule the business world. What a fine example of Ramaphosa's "Fourth Industrial Revolution " that will be- all hidden in plain sight under the "Corona" veil ?
Now the question to be asked is why is it so that the majority black people in government and in the private sector still are allowed to be able to earn their income while on the other hand other businesses that belongs to other groups were shut down and prevented from doing business and feeding their families as well? This includes suppliers which are not owned by black people such as the liquor and cigarette industries as well as hardware, confectionery , snacks and many other suppliers. Why does Ramaphosa and his cronies discriminate against non-black businesses in this subliminal way- knowing quite well that any "extensions" of this Corona-hoax will totally destroy the private sector? I mean everybody(mainly whites and businesses) pay the biggest part of taxes. Is it not fair to say that government employees as well as the taxi and informal business sectors also must suffer the same consequences as the rest? Why does Ramaphosa not stop all salaries of government employees and all black businesses bar "essential" services as well- including himself and his ministers? Is this a deliberate hidden nepotistic attempt to 1) Destroy the middle class entirely so only the super rich and super poor would be left- and 2) Destroy all non-black businesses in order for the black majority to survive and becoming stronger in a hidden " Fourth Industrial Revolution" scenario?
This way NO white business will survive, people will not be able to honor their obligations, foreclosure of property and assets will follow- and the majority whites will join their next of kin in impoverished squatter camps where the ANC feels " comfortable " with them to be. This is questions that now slowly came to mind if you look what is happening currently hidden under this "Corona"-lock down exercise. Am I wrong in this assessment?"
I am of two minds on whether to say I agree with the above post or not. What I am certain of, however, is that nobody would have felt brave enough to publicly post something like this on Facebook or any other social media platform if people knew that everything was going to be alright.
Now- I have said something about financial relief.
At the moment I know of 9 different schemes:
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| Sole proprietors that do not employ anyone but themselves do not qualify for this one... This is the second one that provides for the Agricultural sector. |
And- if you have started or want to get into the business of importing and selling rubber gloves, face masks and all other COVID-19 essential goods, the Industrial Development Corporation has thought of you:
Now- we have seen that you can get loans from the IDC to import COVID-19 essential products, but the National Empowerment Fund has even bigger long-term loans available to those who want to manufacture these goods:
- if the you are black, that is...
Employees are taken care of:
Employees are taken care of:
And then we have this scheme that seems to be the refuge of those businesses who are not in any of the above sectors or black-owned...
I would have preferred to attend to my divorce matters and the civil matters that I have pending at the moment, but like for many of us, my priorities have also shifted.
We should apply for funding with the above schemes. And- if any applications are refused- we need to be informed why. If the reasons we receive are not acceptable we still have access to the Courts.
Given the 21 day period for administrative institutions (like the above organisations) to furnish reasons and the amount of months that it shall take for court cases to get finalised we might very well find that the lockdown ends before the cases are finalised and that some aggrieved applicants manage to get back on their feet before the matter gets finalised, but- if the number of new cases of infection do not drop soon enough this funding shall be all that many people have to rely on.
I know some people will want me to mention the tax relief, but I shall just say that I at least hope that our government is smart enough to know the source of their tax revenue and that they shall not mess with it too much. For one- I would like to see if I qualify to pay any tax next year after this huge knock... I think many of my fellow South Africans feel the same.
Nonetheless- Good luck to you all and Godspeed.
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