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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 115,779,644

World

Confirmed: 115,779,644

Active: 21,724,458

Recovered: 91,483,192

Death: 2,571,994
USA 29,456,377

USA

Confirmed: 29,456,377

Active: 8,921,400

Recovered: 20,003,325

Death: 531,652
India 11,156,923

India

Confirmed: 11,156,923

Active: 173,377

Recovered: 10,826,075

Death: 157,471
Brazil 10,722,221

Brazil

Confirmed: 10,722,221

Active: 871,229

Recovered: 9,591,590

Death: 259,402
Russia 4,278,750

Russia

Confirmed: 4,278,750

Active: 337,668

Recovered: 3,853,734

Death: 87,348
UK 4,194,785

UK

Confirmed: 4,194,785

Active: 1,065,282

Recovered: 3,005,720

Death: 123,783
France 3,810,316

France

Confirmed: 3,810,316

Active: 3,461,485

Recovered: 261,289

Death: 87,542
Spain 3,136,321

Spain

Confirmed: 3,136,321

Active: 343,770

Recovered: 2,722,304

Death: 70,247
Italy 2,976,274

Italy

Confirmed: 2,976,274

Active: 437,421

Recovered: 2,440,218

Death: 98,635
Turkey 2,734,836

Turkey

Confirmed: 2,734,836

Active: 112,801

Recovered: 2,593,264

Death: 28,771
Germany 2,472,896

Germany

Confirmed: 2,472,896

Active: 117,785

Recovered: 2,283,400

Death: 71,711
Mexico 2,104,987

Mexico

Confirmed: 2,104,987

Active: 266,713

Recovered: 1,650,230

Death: 188,044
South Africa 1,516,262

South Africa

Confirmed: 1,516,262

Active: 31,124

Recovered: 1,434,772

Death: 50,366
Peru 1,344,969

Peru

Confirmed: 1,344,969

Active: 47,833

Recovered: 1,250,047

Death: 47,089
Canada 875,559

Canada

Confirmed: 875,559

Active: 29,930

Recovered: 823,524

Death: 22,105
China 89,943

China

Confirmed: 89,943

Active: 177

Recovered: 85,130

Death: 4,636
Australia 29,007

Australia

Confirmed: 29,007

Active: 1,912

Recovered: 26,186

Death: 909
New Zealand 2,389

New Zealand

Confirmed: 2,389

Active: 68

Recovered: 2,295

Death: 26