Also starts legal processes to recover unwarranted expenditure.

Moneyweb's Simon Brown spoke to Dawie Roodt of Efficient Group, Busisiwe Mdletshe - CEO of BTMT Capital, and Sandile Zulu - President of the Black Business Council, in a special budget 2021 broadcast on SAfm.

The rand strengthened as much as 1% versus the dollar to R14.39.

Early victories for Operation Vulindlela.

Will receive R5 billion in 2021-22, and R1 billion in each of the two subsequent fiscal years.

The incentive will come to an end at the end of June.

Government buoyed by the Labour Appeals Court judgment limit increase for the next three years.

Above-inflation increases in alcohol and tobacco excise duties announced.

Budget Review reveals additional R4.3bn allocation to SAA in 2020/21 and R1.8bn in 2022/23.

Infrastructure expenditure estimated to increase by 20.6% to R226.1bn in 2020/21.

Will be separated into three divisions – transmission, generation and distribution.

Section 12J sunset date will not be extended.

But this still comes in at a record high due to the Covid-19 economic fallout.

Companies claim R57.3bn from Ters scheme.

Estimates overall roll-out of ‘free mass vaccination campaign’ will cost R19.3 billion.