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Tax justice & care

Continue exploring essays and reflections grounded in African realities.

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Tax justice & care

13 April 2026

What counts? The politics of the tax base

This series moves from lived reality to the rules. The previous article asked who writes tax policy – at global, regional, and national levels. Now we ask: what does the system…

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Tax justice & care

11 April 2026

Taxation policy and law: Who decides?

This series moves from lived reality to the rules. The first article showed how colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy built the tax system. Now we ask: who writes the rules to…

7 min read · Read essay

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Tax justice & care

2 April 2026

Built without us: The tax system designed by colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy

This series moves from lived reality to the rules. It asks who the system was built for, who it serves, and who it leaves out. The first article looks backwards—to the time befo…

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Tax justice & care

1 April 2026

The tax system that counts us: Who pays, who profits, who is erased

( A follow‑up to “The Tax System That Sees Us”) We have lived the reality. The market fee that leaves no record. The pension that never comes. The clinic with no drugs. The tax…

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Tax justice & care

31 March 2026

Feminist tax justice activism

This series is for those who read “Do You Pay Your Taxes?” and wanted more. The voices in that article asked honest questions. Where does our money go? Why does the system feel…

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Tax justice & care

30 March 2026

Tax violence

This series is for those who read “Do You Pay Your Taxes?” and wanted more. The voices in that article asked honest questions. Where does our money go? Why does the system feel…

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Tax justice & care

29 March 2026

The opposite of celebration: A tax justice reflection

This series is for those who read “Do You Pay Your Taxes?” and wanted more. The voices in that article asked honest questions. Where does our money go? Why does the system feel…

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Tax justice & care

28 March 2026

A tax system that sees us – A feminist vision

This series is for those who read “Do You Pay Your Taxes?” and wanted more. The voices in that article asked honest questions. Where does our money go? Why does the system feel…

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Tax justice & care

27 March 2026

State accountability – More than where does our money go

This series is for those who read “Do You Pay Your Taxes?” and wanted more. The voices in that article asked honest questions. Where does our money go? Why does the system feel…

8 min read · Read essay

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Tax justice & care

26 March 2026

Illicit financial flows and legalised extraction – The money that leaves Africa

This series is for those who read “Do You Pay Your Taxes?” and wanted more. The voices in that article asked honest questions. Where does our money go? Why does the system feel…

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Tax justice & care

25 March 2026

Intersectionality and tax justice – Which women?

This series is for those who read “Do You Pay Your Taxes?” and wanted more. The voices in that article asked honest questions. Where does our money go? Why does the system feel…

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Tax justice & care

24 March 2026

The pace of change: When tax injustice slows progress

This series is for those who read “Do You Pay Your Taxes?” and asked what comes next. The voices in that piece were direct: Where does our money go? Who does the system work for…

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