SA lost more in tax revenue in the first three-and-half months of its fiscal year than it borrowed from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) combined.

A lockdown that initially shuttered almost all economic activity led to an under-recovery of R82bn for the fiscal year to July 15, SA Revenue Service commissioner Edward Kieswetter said on Friday...

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