Meetings are due in coming days and weeks to undo the damage after the finance minister caved on the tax increase
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The Democratic Alliance has claimed credit for the about-turn by the treasury on the tax, saying its legal team had presented a strong case against the flawed parliamentary process used to adopt the fiscal framework
The Ukrainian president cut short a trip to South Africa after Russian drone and missile strikes which killed at least eight people and injured about 80
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The finance ministry in a midnight announcement said the decision was informed by consultations with political parties
Counsel for the EFF told the high court that ActionSA was swindled in an unconstitutional manner to support a VAT hike.
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The party has proposed a R512.8bn revenue strategy and refuses to agree to a VAT increase
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The spokesman said new special envoy to Washington Mcebisi Jonas’s censure of the US president was not an impediment to mending fences
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The Economic Freedom Fighters say the ANC only holds discussions with them during times of political crisis
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An internal investigation has been launched by the municipality following claims of interfering with recruitment documents
The former deputy finance minister has to salvage ties with Washington amid a diplomatic deep freeze and global trade war
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The parties remain divided over an increase in VAT, which the DA says South Africans cannot afford
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The stand-off between the two parties dates back to 19 February when DA leader John Steenhuisen made clear the party would not support a national budget that proposed a two percentage point increase in VAT
The department of international relations and cooperation rejected the claim, saying the government was bound by the Constitution to defend the rights of South Africans of all races
Tension between the DA and ANC persists but ActionSA may keep them together
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The Democratic Alliance’s federal executive has held an urgent meeting to decide how to respond to an invitation to talks by the ANC’s national working committee
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Secretary general Fikile Mbalula challenged the Democratic Alliance to either support the government of national unity or make its exit official, as tension rises over the budget
The ANC has bought itself time to decide whether to expel its constantly restive coalition partner
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The justice minister has also rejected claims that she is part of a plot to stop party deputy president Paul Matsatile from standing in the ANC’s 2027 elective conference
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The Inkatha Freedom Party president said the VAT debate should not be weaponised to derail the coalition government’s primary mandate of ensuring economic stability and service delivery
Both parties are mindful of the magnitude of a split as South Africa faces more economic turmoil
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In its court papers filed on Thursday, the party said the fiscal framework that will lead to the tax increase was pushed through unprocedurally
Claims have been made that the commission is being used to sideline political rivals by reviving allegations linked to the VBS Mutual Bank scandal
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The Democratic Alliance now plans to challenge the fiscal framework in court, further raising the tension around its future in the ruling coalition
But the presidency said on Wednesday the crunch vote on the fiscal framework was a test of the party’s commitment to the GNU
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