Anc Reaches Out To Bosa In Bid To Secure Crucial Budget Votes

Build One South Africa BOSA has confirmed that the African National Congress ANC has approached the party to request a meeting on the national budget, which Parliament is set to vote on next week.

The ANC is negotiating with a number of parties, including those outside the Government of National Unity GNU, in an attempt to gain support for the adoption of the budget amidst a GNU impasse.

Earlier this month, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana proposed a 0.5 Value-Added Tax VAT increase in the 2025/2026 financial year and another 0.5 increase for the 2026/2027 financial year, bringing VAT to 16.

BOSA leader, Mmusi Maimane, says his party will only support a budget that serves the best interests of South Africans.

Maimane says, "As we look at the budget currently, the budget is punitive in that it punishes citizens for corruption, that means that they have to pay VAT and pay back that money, and secondly, it speaks to a state that is not willing to make hard choices."