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Proposed VAT on air travel will affect all, not just the rich

A recent report on a raft of proposals by the National Treasury to among others introduce taxes targeting the aviation sector rekindled the age-old, misguided characterisation of air travel as a 'luxury service' enjoyed exclusively by the rich.

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