DA may finally have found its mojo

For the first time in our 30 years as a democracy the government has failed to produce a budget on the date and time it announced.

A new date — March 12 — for the 2025 budget had to be set after a cabinet meeting of the governing coalition failed to agree on a 13.3% increase in VAT, to 17%, proposed by the ANC finance minister Enoch Godongwana. ..

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