Don't be the last in the queue to cash in on SA’s extortion economy.
Is this a joke? Are you me telling that in a modern SA, with the finest constitution, the rule of law and the police, we have a taxi boss asking bus service Intercape to pay and its “problem” will go away?
I heard about this “protection fee racket” in Cape Town, with underworld characters demanding fees of nightclub owners. But I never thought it would go mainstream. Does this mean I can demand that Checkers or Woolies pay me for their protection? That way, I don’t have to work — I can just collect my monthly fees.
My goodness, why did I never think of this brilliant and innovative business idea? No tax to pay. And if I have five businesses under my protection, each paying R50,000 a month, I’d be covered for life. Why do we need the police if criminals are running the show? And does this make us a mafia state, or a banana republic?
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