Zille wants to tax the Western Cape
28 January 2019
Helen Zille is once again showing her political duplicity by on the one hand advocating a national tax boycott and, on the other, wanting to change the Western Cape Constitution so that the province can collect taxes.
Should Zille’s plans go ahead, Western Cape residents will face a double tax bill: one from national government and one from the Western Cape.
“I find it hypocritical that a person who wants to advocate the non-payment of taxes is also planning do hit the Western Cape with a tax whammy,” said Khaya Magaxa, the Leader of the Opposition and acting ANC chairperson in the Western Cape in a statement.
“The Zille tax will place an extra tax burden on people. If she’s so principled, why doesn’t she drop her plans? Given her view on tax would she object if taxpayers were to say ‘we’re not paying Zille’s tax’.”