South Africa’s budget deadlock: Treasury proposes smaller VAT hike
South Africa’s Treasury has revised its national budget, proposing a smaller increase in VAT in a bid to break a political deadlock within the ruling coalition.
South Africa’s National Treasury has presented a revised budget that includes a smaller increase in value-added tax. The move is aimed at breaking the deadlock within the coalition government after disagreements led to the postponement of last month’s budget—the first delay of its kind in 30 years.
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