DA presents six-point budget plan for Godongwana to consider
DA finance spokesperson, Mark Burke, said the DA’s budget proposals focused on six priorities geared at getting the economy growing and delivering jobs.
Democratic Alliance finance spokesperson, Dr Mark Burke, presented the party's budget proposals in Parliament, in Cape Town, on 25 February 2025. Picture: Babalo Ndenze/EWN
CAPE TOWN - The Democratic Alliance (DA) has presented a six-point plan with no new taxes for Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to consider before he tables a revised budget in March.
The party made the submission at a press briefing in Parliament on Tuesday, where it called for no tax increases whether it’s value-added tax (VAT), personal income tax and company tax.
DA finance spokesperson, Mark Burke, said the DA’s budget proposals focused on six priorities geared at getting the economy growing and delivering jobs.
He said the plan included cutting unnecessary government expenditure, conducting a comprehensive spending review to reprioritise R58 billion, and increasing revenue without raising taxes.
"We can increase tax compliance from 63% to 67% which will yield R60 billion per year with a small investment into SARS [South African Revenue Service]. We need to sell underutilised state-owned land and properties and if we do this, we estimate that we could raise R10 billion per year."
Burke said the party’s plan would also protect essential services and the most vulnerable.
"Unlike the ANC [African National Congress] reckless approach, the DA’s plan ensures that critical services remain protected. We can’t afford any cuts to frontline health workers, teachers, SAPS [South African Police Service] personnel or social grants."
The DA said South Africa’s tax base was too small to carry additional tax increases without choking private sector investment and further damaging the economy.