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BUDGET
REACTION:
‘Government is on
the brink of fiscal
catastrophe’
The national budget
– presented by the
Minister of Finance,
Pravin Gordhan,
yesterday (Wednesday)
– suggested “a
government at
the brink of fiscal
catastrophe and
without a plan for either
growth or austerity”,
according to the chief
operating officer of
the Institute of Race
Relations (IRR), Gwen
Ngwenya.
MSC merging with
Ignazio Messina?
There are reports
doing the rounds about
talks between Genevabased
Mediterranean
Shipping Company
(MSC) and Genoabased
Ignazio Messina.
Budget – R36bn to
get freight moving
Government has
made some R36.2
billion available to
maintain and upgrade
the country’s logistics
infrastructure and to
stimulate economic
growth which would
get freight moving.
Large-scale
producers largely
unaffected by
tomato pest
import ban
In the wake of an
outbreak late last year
of tomato leaf miner
(TLM) in South Africa,
the Seychelles has
placed a temporary
import ban on the fruit.