Government looks at wealth tax, Mabuza condemns farm murders and Biden and Trump: who’s to blame?

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Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Duwayne Esau discuss the latest from the government, on how it plans to fill the fiscal shortfall with a wealth tax and prescribed assets. They also ask whether we should trust David Mabuza in his recent condemnation of farm attacks and chat about the latest in the US election as Biden and Trump trade blows over who is to blame for violence.
1 Sep 2020 6AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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