ActionSA urges ANC to scrap VAT hike before talks

THE ANC and ActionSA have concluded a “productive” budget meeting, with the key discussion being a mutual commitment to ensure that the 0% VAT increase was scrapped before May 1 and did not entertain the reconstitution of the GNU.

- KAMOGELO MOICHELA

ActionSA said the meeting did not touch on the issue of the Government of National Unity (GNU) being reconstituted. The ANC supported this with their statement.

“No discussion of any kind took place regarding a reconstituted GNU. At ActionSA's insistence, discussions were limited exclusively to the fiscal framework and the budget,” ActionSA said.

The two parties met yesterday in a bid to resolve the budget impasse.

This follows their agreement that if ActionSA supported the ANC in passing the budget, then the VAT hike would be scrapped.