Godongwana Must Go! - Eff Demands Full Budget Reset After Blunder

The Economic Freedom Fighters EFF has intensified calls for Finance Minister Enoch Godongwanas resignation, accusing him of endangering South Africas economy following the controversial VAT hike saga .

Although the National Treasury reversed the proposed increase - which would have raised VAT from 15 to 15.5 on 1 May - the EFF says the damage is done and labels the budget process as misguided, reckless and unconstitutional.

The party, which joined the legal challenge against the hike as an intervening party, insists that the reversal does not go far enough. They are demanding a complete withdrawal and reset of the national budget process.

The EFF argues that the Treasurys focus on a rigid fiscal framework ignores South Africas urgent needs: job creation and economic recovery.

South Africans need jobs and economic growth urgently, and the state is the only institution with the capacity to respond - yet the National Treasury remains obsessed with an unscientific fiscal anchor strategy that will only plunge South Africa into a deeper crisis.