‘Enoch blindsided everyone’: how cabinet blocked Godongwana’s VAT hike plan
ANC ministers are said to have been the first to object
20 February 2025 - 04:30
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s proposal to increase the VAT by two percentage points to 17% is believed to have shocked his own comrades in the cabinet...
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