Listen to the Daily News Wrap, Wednesday 20 January
This is The South African’s Daily News Wrap for Wednesday 20 January 2021 – with all the latest news you really need to know.
In our top story, Covid-19 vaccines.
Vaccine tax hike: Ramaphosa breaks his silence on ‘fiscus raid’
President Cyril Ramaphosa has – rather tentatively – confirmed that the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine will be ‘largely dependent’ on public funds, stating that the fiscus will indeed be targeted by the government.
Treasury has also revealed that it plans to introduce a new ‘tax hike’, in order to cover the cost of raiding the state coffers.
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