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Tito Mboweni: SA has not missed deadline to pay R500m for Covid-19 vaccine
Mboweni says the Solidarity Fund has agreed to pay
06 December 2020 - 17:37
SA has not missed the deadline to pay the R500m required for its participation in a global initiative to ensure equitable access by middle- and low-income countries to Covid-19 vaccines, finance minister Tito Mboweni said in the National Assembly on Friday.
He was replying to a question by DA finance spokesperson Geordin Hill-Lewis at the end of the debate on the medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) that was adopted by parliament. The DA, EFF, Freedom Front Plus and the African Christian Democratic Party voted against the bill...
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