Malema Slams Government Over Budget Crisis At Freedom Day Rally

The Economic Freedom Fighters EFF leader, Julius Malema, says South Africa is run by illegitimate government leadership.

Addressing scores of community members and party supporters at the Majwemasweu Sports Complex in Winnie Mandela for the partys Freedom Day rally in the Free State, Malema says the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has no power to overrule parliament, as the VAT reversal decision has to be made in parliament.

Malema says the country will continue receiving poor access to health care, education, and ailing infrastructure if the budget is not passed.

Julius Malema says the Government of National Unity GNU has failed the people of South Africa. Highlighting the issue of the budget that is crippling the already ailing economy, Malema adds that the VAT reversal can be a ruse that will lead to destruction for the poor.

Budget? There is no budget, because the Minister of Finance has withdrawn the division of the Revenue Bill and Appropriations Bill, meaning he has to create a new Fiscal Framework to introduce these bills again - t hat means there is no money allocated for anything in South Africa as we stand here today. Enoch G odongwana wrote a letter to the media this week saying he is reversing the VAT increase, says Malema.