Gayton McKenzie gives behind-the-scenes insights into the stance of political parties on VAT and the postponement of the Budget speech.

The failure to present the country’s Budget has exposed deepening divisions within the fragile Government of National Unity, ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana faces mounting pressure from GNU partners as they debate budget cuts and a controversial ...

The Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana announced that the first Government of National Unity's budget speech was postponed ...

Parties making up the Government of National Unity (GNU) attempted to present a united front amid the visible internal ...

CAPE TOWN - Political parties within the Government of National Unity (GNU) are at loggerheads over the 2025 Budget speech. Some of the disagreements include a two-percentage point VAT increase.

The embarrassment of postponing the budget speech until 12 March could have been avoided if the ANC communicated with the ...

The business sector is disappointed that the budget speech has been postponed, but hopes that the GNU parties will come to an ...

Godongwana declined to comment whether the proposed 2% VAT increase was where the GNU partners drew the line in the sand.

Business Day reported on Wednesday that the proposal to increase VAT was intended to plug holes in the education budget and ...

"The truth is all parties in the GNU agreed to the postponement, not only the DA or the PA - the IFP, Good, PA... please ...