New research shows there are signs that more people are returning to work, after the retrenchments and temporary retrenchments, seen during the first part of the covid-19 lockdown. Research by BankservAfrica shows that 2.1% more formal-sector employees received a salary in September, compared to August. In June, salary payments across South Africa fell by 20.7%, and by 35% in July.

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South African Revenue Service commissioner Edward Kieswetter says the hard lockdown had a significant effect on revenue collection, with a major decline in domestic value-added tax and other taxes. Kieswetter was reacting to yesterday’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement where Finance Minister Tito Mboweni noted a decrease in revenue collection. Kieswetter said that imports had decreased, with local VAT also affected.
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