THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS is facing a FIRE-STORM of legal fury after SLAPPING the nation with a SHOCKING 6,500% fee hike for ID verifications—a move experts are calling a SECRET TAX on EVERY CITIZEN. In a DRAMATIC escalation, the entire telecoms industry has DRAGGED Minister Leon Schreiber to court, accusing his department of UNLAWFUL CONDUCT and launching a BLATANT cash grab that will CRUSH the poor.
This isn’t just bureaucracy—it’s an ASSAULT on your wallet. The fee to verify a South African’s identity has EXPLODED from a mere 15 cents to a STAGGERING R10. Industry leaders warn this will FORCE telecoms and banks to pass these astronomical costs directly to YOU, turning a basic security check into a LUXURY millions cannot afford. “This is a regressive tax on the most vulnerable,” one CEO blasted.
But the scandal deepens. Minister Schreiber’s spokesperson has launched a COUNTER-ATTACK, making EXPLOSIVE allegations that corporations have been “abusing” the system and “extracting enormous profits” from YOUR personal data for years. She claims the state was SUBSIDIZING big business, leaving the system CRIPPLED and insecure. Is this a justified correction, or a desperate government MILKING the public to cover its own failures?
The court battle now becomes the frontline in a WAR over your digital identity. The industry decries a total LACK of consultation, calling the hike “irrational” and “detrimental.” The minister paints them as PROFITEERS. AS MILLIONS STRUGGLE, a single question remains: who truly OWNS your identity—you, the state, or the highest bidder?
This legal clash exposes a chilling truth: your very existence is now a commodity in a brutal game of profit and power.
Author: Kayitsi.com
