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Just short of one month after assuming chairship of the African Union Ministers of Trade, Ebrahim Patel, SA's Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, has chaired his second meeting of the Ministerial negotiating body. The aim of the meeting was to finalise the key aspects of the outstanding AfCFTA negotiations in order to enab... See more- The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has welcomed the commitment made by the Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni to reduce the budget deficit and achieve higher economic growth. [read more: https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/sars-welcomes-treasury-commitment-reducing-budget-deficit-economic-growth]
- The number of detected COVID-19 cases is now 719 714 after 1 863 new infections were identified in the last 24 hours. [read more: https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/covid-19-death-toll-reaches-19-111]
- [Read] In an effort to manage the effect of reductions in planned expenditure, relative to the 2020 Budget, the provincial equitable share will be reduced by R209.7 billion in the next three financial years tinyurl.com/y62sadrz
- [Read] The South African government is exploring options to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines when they become available, says the National Treasury tinyurl.com/y4zbd8sm
- [Read] The country’s security cluster has received a boost in its crime fighting efforts, with National Treasury unveiling various budget allocations in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), tabled by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday tinyurl.com/y65vz4qe
- [Read] The severe impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the economy has forced the National Treasury to embark on extensive fund allocation manoeuvring, in a bid to soften the blow of the pandemic on the most vulnerable tinyurl.com/y5mex7xo
- [Read] In an effort to stabilise the spiraling public sector wage bill, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has announced that National Treasury will propose a three-year wage freeze tinyurl.com/yxerf673
- [Read] Improved tax collection and administration continues to be an important element in achieving fiscal consolidation, the National Treasury said on Wednesday tinyurl.com/yymwq55d
- [Read] The gross tax revenue estimate for 2020/21 has been revised down by R8.7 billion compared with the projection in the June Special Adjustments Budget, National Treasury said on Wednesday tinyurl.com/y3xavs2u
