1 day Ago By Diteboho Ntimane
Home | ANC will not conform to DA’s demands: Bhengu-Motsiri The African National Congress (ANC) says it will not conform to the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) demands just to garner the party’s support for the proposed budget which the National Assembly will vote on today. The ANC says the DA is willing to support the 0.5 percentage point increase in Value-Added Tax provided that transformation-related legislation is reversed.
The ANC says it will not back down on transformation. The party’s national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri says, “A number of demands that the DA had made are matters that are not within the purview of the budget. Are matters related to transformation policies of our country’s redress policies? Even in the statement of intent, to which they appended the signature of the DA – there’s a very clear expression there.
There’s a clause that refers to the fact getting into GNU, we going to continue with the task of transforming South Africa. So I find it very curious that we can use the budget to negotiate for things that are outside the budget.” Meanwhile, yesterday the Standing Committee on Finance adopted its report on the fiscal framework, which will be tabled and debated in the House today.
The budget that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tabled in Parliament last month includes a 0,5 percentage point increase in Value-Added Tax for each of the next two financial years. The committee’s report has ActionSA’s recommendations including giving Treasury 30 days in which to come up with alternatives to tax hikes. ActionSA MP Allan Beesley says, “ActionSA rejects VAT or tax increase.
Recommendation [is] fiscal framework supported subject to strict conditions that NT [National Treasury] will facilitate the receipt of substitute revenue proposals from the comm [committee], together with corresponding expenditure savings.” “[It] must be finalised and submitted to comm [committee] to process within 30 days for consideration and adoption by the house.” VIDEO | GNU partners continue Budget talks: NEWS APP SABC © 2025.
