South Africa and Africa as a whole has already started to feel the effects of global warming and we need to start cutting carbon emissions drastically. While we have concerns with the Carbon Tax Bill in terms of its failure to place necessary obligations on private companies and the ability of the ANC government to implement the Bill. We did support it for the sake of our common future, which is why we support this amendment Bill. However, this Bill was a wasted opportunity to fix much larger problems around customs, tax and excise duties. For the last 20 years, the SA Revenue Service has not been able to build the necessary capacity needed for maximum revenue collection. Our ports of entry have been neglected. The technology used is of the 20th century. They are understaffed and undercapacitated.