All SA border posts manned by Sars customs officials will operate during the lockdown, it said, with strict social-distancing and hygiene protocols in place.
“We will review this decision and communicate in advance should we decide to extend this arrangement,” the agency said.
Last week, health minister Zweli Mkhize announced that a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus has been detected in SA and found in hotspots in provinces such as the Eastern Cape.
The pandemic’s first wave and the nationwide lockdown earlier in the year has had a devastating effect on revenue collections, intensifying difficulties for SA’s already weak fiscus.
Tax revenues are expected to come in almost R313bn below what was forecast in the 2020 budget.
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