Extension of Covid-19 relief grant will cost the government R6bn
Finance minister Tito Mboweni says the money will be found by reprioritising spending and not by increasing overall state expenditure
16 October 2020 - 21:05
The National Treasury will have to find about R6bn to extend the special relief grant for three more months.
The money will be found in the budgets of other government programmes by reprioritising spending and not by increasing overall state expenditure, finance minister Tito Mboweni said on Friday...
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