By Simon Nare
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni had no answers on Thursday on when the Government of National Unity would finalise the 2025 Budget after its abrupt postponement earlier this month.
Ntshavheni told journalists following a Cabinet meeting update in Cape Town that discussions on the postponement were ongoing but could not provide details on the nature of the discussions.
The postponement by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana shocked the nation after it emerged that the minister had proposed a two-percentage point increase VAT, which has been widely been rejected.
Ntshavheni dismissed as unfounded rumours that the postponement followed fierce and sustained opposition by the DA due to a lack of consultation between coalition parties in the government.
“The rumours of contestations are just that rumours. In Cabinet we don’t have political parties and we don’t have people representing their political parties. We have got members of Cabinet appointed
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