Finance minister Enoch Godongwana could hint at the government possibly drawing from a R459bn special reserve account to augment revenue shortfalls when he delivers the medium-term budget on Wednesday.
The South African Revenue Service’s (Sars) criminal and illicit economic activity intervention and risk-management programmes used AI and data analytics to recover R89.3bn from 26-million taxpayers in the 2022-23 financial year, according to its commissioner Edward Kieswetter.
You may have to order a chop instead of eggs with your morning fry-up at your favourite brekkie spot, but you can still lavish mayonnaise on your potato salad for tonight's braai ahead of the big Bok match. However, with the supply of eggs dwindling, that may not be the case for long.