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No More VAT on South African Bread and Cake Flour, Sanitary Pads

During his first Medium Term Budget speech in Parliament, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said that government will zero-rate white bread flour, cake flour and sanitary pads from April 1 next year. In other announcements, Mboweni revised the gross domestic product growth forecast for 2018 down from 1.5% in February to 2.3% in 2021. Inflation is also expected to remain in the 3 - 6% target band over the medium term, despite pressure from a weaker exchange rate and higher oil prices.

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Finance Minister TitoMboweni has addressed National Treasury staff.

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He paid tribute to his predecessor, Nhlanhla Nene.

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He also said that there was "a lot of work" to be done in the coming months and that he was looking forward to working with officials.

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