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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Photo: Jaco Marais

South Africa

‘Austerity’? Mboweni slams critics, citing a balancing act between subsidies and fiscal stability | End24

President Cyril Ramaphosa.

South Africa

Help is on the way, Ramaphosa tells SMEs shaken by pandemic | End24

Professor Barry Schoub

South Africa

SA has found around 4000 Covid-19 reinfections | End24

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni (Gallo Images, Brenton Geach)

South Africa

Municipalities that don’t spend government grants could lose out | End24

Despite the applause around allocation for Covid-19 vaccines, government debt, the public wage bill and the cut in social grants remain thorny issues in this year's budget. Photo: Jaco Marais

South Africa

BUDGET | Lots of ‘welcome’ surprises, but did Mboweni make a hole in social grants? | End24

Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni addresses the media during the 2020 National Budget Press Conference at the Parliament House on February 26, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. The national budget speech is the governments spending plan for the coming financial year. The minister of finance is responsible for allocating money to the governments different programmes and objectives.

South Africa

Mboweni does not apologize for social subsidies: we pay “what we can afford” | End24

(Getty Images)

South Africa

More Job Cuts Ahead As 8% Sin Tax Further Drains The Cup Of The Battered Spirits Industry | End24

Rand Strengthens Slightly On Back Of Mboweni's Covid-19 Era Budget Speech | End24

South Africa

Rand Strengthens Slightly On Back Of Mboweni’s Covid-19 Era Budget Speech | End24

Kusile power station in Mpumalanga. Photo: Getty Images

South Africa

Power Production Lags behind in Our Hope for Recovery, Budget Shows | End24

The Land Bank defaulted on its debt last year - it has been allocated R7 billion to support its restructure.

South Africa

Covid-19 worsens the luck of state-owned companies and several run the risk of default on debt- Treasury | End24

Live Updates COVID-19 CASES

World 159,593,987

World

Confirmed: 159,593,987

Active: 18,071,248

Recovered: 138,205,394

Death: 3,317,345
USA 33,515,237

USA

Confirmed: 33,515,237

Active: 6,411,641

Recovered: 26,507,418

Death: 596,178
India 22,991,927

India

Confirmed: 22,991,927

Active: 3,720,695

Recovered: 19,021,207

Death: 250,025
Brazil 15,214,030

Brazil

Confirmed: 15,214,030

Active: 1,031,469

Recovered: 13,759,125

Death: 423,436
France 5,780,379

France

Confirmed: 5,780,379

Active: 756,302

Recovered: 4,917,393

Death: 106,684
Turkey 5,044,936

Turkey

Confirmed: 5,044,936

Active: 257,754

Recovered: 4,743,871

Death: 43,311
Russia 4,888,727

Russia

Confirmed: 4,888,727

Active: 272,174

Recovered: 4,502,906

Death: 113,647
UK 4,437,217

UK

Confirmed: 4,437,217

Active: 58,909

Recovered: 4,250,699

Death: 127,609
Italy 4,116,287

Italy

Confirmed: 4,116,287

Active: 373,670

Recovered: 3,619,586

Death: 123,031
Spain 3,581,392

Spain

Confirmed: 3,581,392

Active: 227,689

Recovered: 3,274,808

Death: 78,895
Germany 3,535,354

Germany

Confirmed: 3,535,354

Active: 274,273

Recovered: 3,175,600

Death: 85,481
Mexico 2,365,792

Mexico

Confirmed: 2,365,792

Active: 260,574

Recovered: 1,886,233

Death: 218,985
Peru 1,853,370

Peru

Confirmed: 1,853,370

Active: 68,332

Recovered: 1,720,665

Death: 64,373
South Africa 1,597,724

South Africa

Confirmed: 1,597,724

Active: 25,549

Recovered: 1,517,350

Death: 54,825
Canada 1,294,186

Canada

Confirmed: 1,294,186

Active: 79,826

Recovered: 1,189,678

Death: 24,682
China 90,769

China

Confirmed: 90,769

Active: 298

Recovered: 85,835

Death: 4,636
Australia 29,931

Australia

Confirmed: 29,931

Active: 263

Recovered: 28,758

Death: 910
New Zealand 2,644

New Zealand

Confirmed: 2,644

Active: 27

Recovered: 2,591

Death: 26