Minister of Finance says he is not binding the budget. Godongwana says the budget can still be changed by the parliament if they have other equivalent alternative as supposed to 0.5% VAT so that the fiscal framework will still be balanced. "Both Section 12 of the PFMA (Public Finance Management Act) and Section 7, Subsection 4 of the VAT Act do not give me automatic power to change it,” he said..
ANC acknowledged that they haven't got sufficient backings from other parties in the VAT increase and it is about time they listen to other parties opinions whom are viable.
Cryil Ramaphosa visited Eastern cape with motion of looking for service delivery as well as the cleanliness of the province. that's where minister was addressing VAT issue. The clash between GNU members escalate as ANC NEC says DA must be removed from the GNU as they are part of the government yet they don't believe in the initiatives of the government.