The South African Revenue Service has been given a huge injection of R3-billion to improve its technology infrastructure and artificial intelligence capabilities.
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South Africa signalled a shift in budgetary policy, backtracking on planned tax increases as it switched focus to reigniting the coronavirus-battered economy by bolstering consumption and investment.
South Africa could spend as much as R19.3-billion over the next three years to vaccinate most of its population against Covid-19, national treasury said in a budget presented to parliament on Wednesday.
As the economy sheds jobs and business closures mount because of the Covid-19 lockdowns, South Africa has its work cut out in attempting to expand the tax base. By Robyn Berger.
Promoted | At a recent roundtable discussion hosted by Mimecast, top public sector ICT leaders shared their experiences with adapting to Covid-19 as well as their broader ambitions for greater cloud adoption.
Government will use an electronic system to keep track of everyone who gets the Covid-19 vaccine as South Africa gears up for its historical mass vaccination.
It could cost South Africa between R20-billion and R24-billion to vaccinate around 40 million people against Covid-19, treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane said on Wednesday.
The South African Revenue Service has published its very own Web browser, with support for Adobe Flash, to allow e-filing taxpapers to continue submitting their tax forms electronically.
Government, lauded for its swift lockdown in March to curb the spread of the coronavirus, is now being pilloried for being slow off the mark to secure vaccines.
The recently updated website for President Joe Biden’s White House carried an invitation for tech specialists savvy enough to find it.