Sin taxes will not be used to fund health-care‚ says minister
While such funds have been earmarked in the past, Zweli Mkhize says the Treasury is hesitant about using them due to a host of reasons
22 September 2020 - 13:37
The health department is not considering using alcohol and other sin taxes to help fund the country’s healthcare sector.
This is according to health minister Zweli Mkhize‚ who was responding to a parliamentary question posed by the leader of Al Jama-aha‚ Mogamad Ganief Ebrahim Hendricks‚ this week...
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