Budget shortfalls must not negatively impact service delivery: Cabinet

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Budget shortfalls must not negatively impact service delivery: Cabinet
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Cabinet says measures to address budget shortfalls resulting from government's current fiscal constraints must not impact negatively on service delivery.

[File Image] Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni briefs media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting, 27 May 2021.[File Image] Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni briefs media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting, 27 May 2021.current fiscal constraints

Her statement comes a few weeks before Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwane tables his Medium-term budget policy statement and after a letter from Treasury was penned earlier this month to national and provincial departments outlining cost-cutting measures to close government’s fiscal gap.

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