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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of the possibility of heavy rainfall, which may result in widespread significant flooding in Limpopo and Mpumalanga.Later this week, very heavy rainfall in the order of 200 to 400 mm is possible in Vhembe and Mopani in Limpopo, and to a slightly lesser extent, Ehlanzeni in Mpumalanga. “This, after significant flooding occurred … [Read more...] about Weather service warns of heavy rain

The National Treasury’s budget documentation indicates that government will allocate at least R809.4 billion to health to support the provision of and equitable access to healthcare services over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period of three years.Some R259.2 billion has been allocated to the department for the coming financial year. According to the … [Read more...] about Budget to address health backlogs, infrastructure

Government spending on infrastructure is expected to reach some R903 billion over the next three years with state owned companies contributing the lion’s share to this investment.This was announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana when he delivered the Budget Speech at the Cape Town City Hall on Wednesday. The Minister said at least R448 billion of this will be spent by … [Read more...] about Government to accelerate infrastructure spend

Government is expected to spend at least R1.4 trillion over the next three years on higher and basic education and the sports, arts and culture function.This is according to National Treasury documents presented alongside Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2023 Budget Speech, this afternoon in Cape Town. According to the Treasury documents, the Department of Basic Education’s … [Read more...] about Government to increase spending on learning and culture

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced that social grants will increase by at least 5% in the next financial year.“R66 billion is allocated to Social Development over the medium term, with R36 billion to fund the extension of the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress [SRD] grant until 31 March 2024. R30 billion will be used for inflation-linked increases for other social … [Read more...] about Social grants to increase, Social Relief of Distress Grant to stay until 2024