South Africans wagered R1.76-trillion last year, most of it from a phone. The state wants to protect them, tax the operators and, in some quarters, switch the offshore ones off. What it can’t yet do is agree on who gets to flip the switch.
Excerpt from Daily Maverick. Original publication ↗
Source: Daily Maverick
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