WHY government should hand out FREE lottery tickets in SA
The South African | 17.07.2026 15:32
As unlikely as it sounds, by handing out free lottery tickets in SA, government would start to close its R800-billion annual tax gap. The frankly ingenious idea comes from Taiwan, which suffered from a similar tax-gap problem we battle with today in South Africa. The missing R800 billion is equivalent to the National Treasury’s entire budget deficit …
