National Treasury says the majority of South African municipalities are in distress. SARS warns taxpayers to avoid going to its branches amid a strike by workers. ICASA is looking abroad for ways to benefit domestic broadband. Medical scientists say that South Africa has just passed the peak of the current Covid-19 resurgence.
Director-general of the National Treasury, Dondo Mogajane, says that of the 257 municipalities in the country, about 170 are in financial distress and need Treasury intervention. Mogajane added that the Treasury is unable to cope with the situation. The finance minister also noted that 43 of the worst-performing municipalities meet the criteria for mandatory intervention by the national government as prescribed in the Constitution.
said it could not extend its 1.3% wage increase offer. , like other government departments, were not given the budget to increase wages. [The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa says it is looking abroad to find a feasible way to allocate a wholesale open-access network, which can improve access to broadband connectivity. The wholesale open-access network was meant to be allocated alongside the high-demand spectrum but was put on hold.
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