MK Party calls for finance minister to step down following VAT U-turn

THE uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has joined the growing list of organisations calling for Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's resignation.

- MASHUDU SADIKE

The party has also formally tabled a motion of no confidence against Godongwana in Parliament, citing his tenure marked by fiscal mismanagement, contempt for the poor, and loyalty to discredited neoliberal dogma.

"South Africans deserve leadership that rejects austerity and market fundamentalism. They deserve a bold, caring, and people-driven economic future, one led by the MK Party," it stated.

The party's call comes after the Western Cape High Court's decision to suspend the "unlawful" VAT increase announced by the ANC and DA-led Government of National Unity (GNU).

The MK Party is the latest party to call for his resignation after the EFF and the DA. It described the GNU's economic policies as an "austerity dictatorship" that has brutally imposed suffering on South Africans.

In a statement, the party's spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, highlighted the failures of the GNU's Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP), which it claims is a blueprint for mass impoverishment.