'Work cut out for parly'

Court's decision is a victory for South Africans, says Zille.

- Faizel Patel

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will now have to table the budget instruments from scratch with new revenue proposals.

This comes after the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town on Sunday set aside the value-added tax (VAT) reversal, just a few days after Godongwana's statement and legislation to suspend the 0.5-percentage point VAT increase.

The DA and EFF approached the court to have the VAT increase, including the adoption of the joint standing committee on finance's report by the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces, set aside.

Godongwana dropped his opposition to the case, saying in an affidavit filed on Sunday morning that he had done so after realising that he had no political support for a VAT increase.