Stephen Howe, director of business solutions specialist Times 3 Technologies (T3T).
YOUR BUSINESS IS ON THE BRINK. In a shocking power grab disguised as “modernization,” SARS is preparing to SEIZE CONTROL of your company’s financial bloodstream with MANDATORY E-INVOICING by 2028. This isn’t about efficiency—it’s about TOTAL SURVEILLANCE. Experts warn this move will CRUSH unprepared businesses under an avalanche of fines and operational paralysis.
“Companies will be LOCKED OUT of trade overnight,” warns Stephen Howe, Director at T3T. He reveals the TRUE AGENDA: revenue authorities are moving towards REAL-TIME monitoring of every transaction, while mega-corporations are already DICTATING digital compliance as a prerequisite to trade. “If your systems aren’t integrated, you WILL be shut down,” Howe states bluntly. This is a financial LOCKDOWN, and your spreadsheets are your prison bars.
The situation is a DANGEROUS chaos, especially for cross-border operations. African nations are ALREADY enforcing draconian requirements like state-generated QR codes on invoices—a blatant track-and-trace system for YOUR cash flow. There is NO common standard, creating a compliance minefield designed to TRAP the unwary. Legacy systems are a DEATH SENTENCE for your compliance.
The implication is clear: this mandate forces businesses into a single, state-integrated system where every sale is monitored, approved, and taxed INSTANTLY by the authorities. Your financial autonomy is being ERASED in the name of “transparency.” The countdown to 2028 is a countdown to corporate subjugation.
Begin preparing IMMEDIATELY or face annihilation. This isn’t just a technical upgrade; it’s a fundamental shift in who controls commerce. The real question isn’t if you can comply, but what freedom you sacrifice to do so.



