preventing anarchy

Yesterday I bought a DVD writer which is lightscribe (the laser prints onto the cd's face) enabled but it took me an absolute age to get it to work. Eventually after googling for new drivers which I downloaded and installed it sorted itself out but unfortunately my scribbles were saved to draft and only published today.

Yesterday, the newspaper headlines where all about the efficiency of tax collection which we now enjoy and how this additional monies will be allocated in the medium term, up until 2009, our famous three year plan.

The Revenue has undergone a complete 360 degree change particularly with regard to the service which it provides us the taxpayers, it's friendly and organised. It's not the old revenue of bureaucratic forms and 15h30 closures irrespective of the queuing hoards waiting to be served.

Better service, the simplification of the tax rules, the clever usage of amnesty windows and good management has largely brought about this change where the country now has a R30 billion surplus of tax revenue.

But going to the Revenue it's still not a fun journey to make I visited the Receiver's offices on the Tuesday to get a tax clearance for the purchase of company shares, and since I do my bit for anarchy avoidance it took me less than 30 minutes, I still qualified for free parking.

So where are the monies going to be spent? The bulk is going towards services (policing, housing and health) and infrastructure development while some will find it's way towards telecoms and stadia revival for the 2010 cup.

Lets hope that just like the collectors, the rest of the government departments can begin function on the same premise of better service delivery for the people who pay their salaries because we still have a very long journey ahead of us but at least there is now a visible model which can and should be replicated.