By Simon Nare
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has dismissed the Democratic Alliance court challenge to set aside the budget fiscal framework as legally flawed and a misinterpretation of the law.
In court papers opposing both the DA and the Economic Freedom Fighters, Godongwana argues that the applications by both parties are not sound.
The two parties argue that the process followed by the National Assembly and the National Council Provinces in adopting the 2025 budget fiscal framework report was unconstitutional and, therefore, it should be set aside and declared invalid.
In the papers filed in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday, the minister said the two parties misunderstood the law on which they premised their arguments to challenge the report or to interdict the value-added tax hike which comes into effect on 1 May.
On the DA challenging his powers to increase the VAT by 0.5 percentage points and
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