South Africa’s (SA) Deputy President Paul Mashatile has assured South Africans that the mini budget that will be tabled by Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday will go smoothly.
Mashatile was responding to oral questions in the National Assembly.
Earlier this year, the adoption of the budget was delayed due to disagreements amongst the Government of National Unity (GNU) partners over the proposed 2% Value Added Tax (VAT) increase.
But Mashatile says the Medium-Term Policy Budget Statement will be presented and adopted as planned.
Mashatile is confident that the scenes that played out in parliament earlier will not repeat themselves.
The February budget that was tabled by Godongwana was only adopted in March due to disagreements over the proposed 2% VAT hike causing and unprecedented delay, which resulted in ructions amongst GNU partners.
Mashatile says this time around the Medium Term Policy Budget Statement is expected to go on without glitches.
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