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R21.5bn set aside for Covid‐19 spending in supplementary budget

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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday proposed R21.5 billion for Covid‐19-related healthcare spending in a supplementary budget tabled in reaction to the pandemic.

In a speech to Parliament via video conferencing, Mboweni also proposed a further allocation of R12.6 billion to services at the frontline of South Africa's response to the health crisis.

"This money partly supports increased screening and testing, allowing us to open up more and more of the economy."

 

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