poets

Poetic licence

But that story falls apart under scrutiny. In March, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana revealed that the DA had written to President Ramaphosa, expressing willingness to accept a 0. 5% VAT increase on condition that the Expropriation Act be scrapped. In other words, the DA was prepared to trade a tax that would hit the poor the hardest, if it meant blocking land reform. That’s not fiscal responsibility, it’s ideological ransom.