Parliament presses Treasury on SAPO’s R3.8b rescue funding

South African Post Office (SAPO). Parliament’s Communications and Digital Technologies Portfolio Committee wants an urgent meeting with Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. This has emerged at the committee’s meeting. It says it wants to get clarity on an outstanding R3.8b funding commitment to the South African Post Office (SAPO). The funding commitment was meant to fund…

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G20 Financial Inclusion Conference hailed as a success

Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga 2 minutes Minister of Youth, Women and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga says the recent G20 Conference on Financial Inclusion, held over two days at Sun City near Rustenburg in the North West, was a success and a step forward in addressing the economic…

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US re-authorises AGOA until the end of 2026

[File] Flags of countries represented at the AGOA Summit. US authorities have re-authorised the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until the end of this year.   The programme has now passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate.   In a vote on Friday, the Senate whittled down to 12 months a three-year extension that the House had…

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