Post by cjm on Oct 14, 2016 5:33:07 GMT
The smell of vrot banana
Jeremy Gordin |
11 October 2016
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You have to apply to SARS for an import permit – even if you are merely an old codger who merely wants an obscure book on Aristotle (a dead white man, after all).
This is where the fun began for me last Friday. The courier company said: “You need an import permit now. We’ll send you the relevant forms – all you need are those forms, nothing else – and you can apply on line or at any SARS office.” Being a naturally cautious sort of fellow, I checked. This took about six phone calls to the SARS call centre – from which I finally established that you have to go in person to either Alberton SARS or the SARS at OR Tambo (ORT). Nowhere else.
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“Pardon my language,” I said politely, “but this is sheer, plain bureaucratic bullshit. All I want is a book.”
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Jeremy Gordin |
11 October 2016
...
You have to apply to SARS for an import permit – even if you are merely an old codger who merely wants an obscure book on Aristotle (a dead white man, after all).
This is where the fun began for me last Friday. The courier company said: “You need an import permit now. We’ll send you the relevant forms – all you need are those forms, nothing else – and you can apply on line or at any SARS office.” Being a naturally cautious sort of fellow, I checked. This took about six phone calls to the SARS call centre – from which I finally established that you have to go in person to either Alberton SARS or the SARS at OR Tambo (ORT). Nowhere else.
...
“Pardon my language,” I said politely, “but this is sheer, plain bureaucratic bullshit. All I want is a book.”
...