{"id":20600,"date":"2023-01-24T11:47:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/business-eswatini-congratulates-minister-neal-on-sacu-receipts"},"modified":"2023-01-24T12:41:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:41:15","slug":"business-eswatini-congratulates-minister-neal-on-sacu-receipts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/business-eswatini-congratulates-minister-neal-on-sacu-receipts","title":{"rendered":"BUSINESS ESWATINI CONGRATULATES MINISTER NEAL ON SACU RECEIPTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Congratulations are pouring into Minister of Finance Neal Rijkenberg\u2019s office.<\/b><\/p>\n

Following the revelation that Eswatini will receive E11.75 billion Southern African Customs Union (SACU) receipts for the year 2023\/2024, congratulations have been pouring into the Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n

Business Eswatini (BE) Management sent out a statement, congratulating the Minister of Finance on achieving a record-breaking feat.<\/p>\n

\u201cArguably, this is the highest SACU windfall this country has ever received and it is, in large part, due to the minister\u2019s tireless efforts. The increase in SACU receipts could not have come at a better time. It is therefore good news for the country and especially our fiscus which definitely needed an injection of this magnitude.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should not forget that SACU receipts are not just a gift to the country from the customs union as most people seem to believe. This money is actually a function of trade that takes place within the union, mostly by BE members. It is as a result of the many trucks that criss-cross our borders as they source raw materials as well as conduct business within the union,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n

BE Management went on to say in reality most, if not all, of these players were BE members and BE was on record having encouraged them, many a time, for them to make every attempt to confine their business dealings within the customs union.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith that in mind, we hope the good Minister Neal would not mind sharing his well-deserved accolades with our members. BE will continue to support the government in its regional trade facilitation effort as the benefits of doing so are there for everyone to see. We have been and will continue to encourage our members to look at SACU as one market. We also hope that our government will continue to explore opportunities to make it easier for the traders to trade within SACU and even go further as to provide incentives to do so, if practicable.\u201d<\/p>\n

BE Management further cautioned the government, saying they must remember that one\u2019s needs would always rise to meet one\u2019s income and it was a terrible phenomenon.<\/p>\n

\u2018We, therefore, plead with them not to fall into this temptation and find themselves spending the money recklessly. As BE we would advise that they spend the whole windfall on paying their debts,\u201d they said. The Minister of Finance this morning revealed that the country\u2019s SACU receipts had increased by 102 percent in 2023\/2024 from E5.8 billion to E11.75 billion.<\/p>\n

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