“For a very long time, it was an ANC budget, it was an ANC Parliament, so no one really paid attention to what the granular steps needed to be. Even if opposition parties raised particular objections, all the committees would simply take an ANC vote, whic

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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced a new budget date. The revised budget will be tabled on the 21st May 2025. This follows a court challenge that the Democratic Alliance and Economic Freed Fighters had brought in the country's High Court in the Western Cape Province, in opposition of his proposed hike in the country's Value Added Tax. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to economics and political commentator, Khaya Sithole