The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is demanding that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana bear the costs associated with the R2.3 million wasted on his ill-fated Budget Speech in February.
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EFF Member of Ply Omphile Maotwe made the call almost a week after Parliament suffered legal costs when the EFF and the Democratic Alliance (DA) took Godongwana to the Western Cape High Court over his first attempt to increase the VAT. They first called for Godongwana to step down as minister due to the delays in budget delivery. They revealed that the R2.3 million, which was spent preparing for the Budget, was wasteful expenditure. “All of this was avoidable had the minister simply listened to the millions of South Africans who rejected the VAT increase and demanded an inflationary adjustment to personal income tax to protect workers from bracket creep,” the EFF said.
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They demanded that the minister personally pay for this wasteful expenditure and that it be deducted from his salary. Parliament had made all necessary preparations for the Budget to be delivered on February 19 despite calls from various parties, including the DA, to be postponed due to disagreement over the VAT increase. However, Godongwana took to the podium and announced a postponement of his speech due to political pressure.
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