Babalo Ndenze24 April 2025 | 9:41

VAT fight not over, says DA's Zille

DA federal council chairperson, Helen Zille briefed the media in Parliament on Thursday morning following National Treasury’s about turn and decision to withdraw the 0.5 percentage point VAT increase.

VAT fight not over, says DA's Zille

DA federal council chairperson, Helen Zille, addressed a media briefing on 24 April 2025. Picture: Babalo Ndenze/EWN

CAPE TOWN – Democratic Alliance (DA) federal council chairperson, Helen Zille, said that they may have won the first round in the value-added tax (VAT) fight through their legal challenge, but the fight was not over.

She said they were now expecting Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and the National Treasury to provide the party with a full settlement proposal in court.

Zille said Parliament also had to settle with the DA out of court and decide on how to process the new fiscal framework without the VAT increase.

Zille briefed the media in Parliament on Thursday morning following National Treasury’s about-turn and decision to withdraw the 0.5 percentage point VAT increase.

"There were two main respondents in our case. Number one was the minister and obviously the National Treasury and two was Parliament. We have to seek a settlement agreement with both before we can say we have beaten this VAT increase. So it’s important for us to say that while victory is a nose length away, we still have to cross the finishing line."

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