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title: "Street Talk: Forget VAT – let’s create jobs!"
description: "CPUT students and lecturers complain that the increase in VAT hurts the people who are working hardest. The government should be creating JOBS and not just “chilling with the same old people”. What happened to transformation? And when are younger people going to be given decision-making positions in government?"
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published: "2018-09-07T00:26:00"
updated: "2018-09-07T00:27:07"
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# Street Talk: Forget VAT – let’s create jobs!

> CPUT students and lecturers complain that the increase in VAT hurts the people who are working hardest. The government should be creating JOBS and not just “chilling with the same old people”. What happened to transformation? And when are younger people going to be given decision-making positions in government?

By Street Talk · Published 7 September 2018, 02:26 SAST · Updated 7 September 2018, 02:27 SAST

## Content

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