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The DA will not support this budget.
The DA made it clear to the ANC in the GNU that we would not support any increase in taxes, unless those increases were temporary, and the ANC agreed to a series of major reforms that would grow the economy, create jobs, reduce waste and bring down taxes within 3 years.
The ANC refused to agree to these measures, and instead insisted on two likely permanent VAT increases, which cumulatively will increase VAT by 1% over the next 2 years. As a consequence, the people of South Africa will be poorer, and the future of the government is at risk.
The underlying problem is that the ANC has still not accepted the outcome of the general election and cannot bring itself to share power.
It is deeply unfortunate that the ANC is prepared to sacrifice the South African people and risk the economic future of the country rather than accept it no longer has majority support.
The ANC VAT budget doesn’t have a majority, and the DA won’t give it one. It is now up to the ANC to fix the mess it has created.
Issued by John Steenhuisen MP - Leader of the Democratic Alliance
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