UMphathiswa wezeMali uEnoch Godongwana uvumelene nomyalelo wenkundla wokuba kurhoxiswe isigqibo sakhe sokunyusa iVAT nge0.5%.
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UMphathiswa wezeMali uEnoch Godongwana uvumelene nesigunyaziso senkundla sokurhoxisa isigqibo sakhe sokunyusa irhafu yeVAT nge0.5%.
Esi sigqibo, nesingqinwe ngesisombululo ekufikelelwe kuso ngaphandle kwenkundla, siye savunywa yiNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseNtshona Koloni. Ngomhla wama27 kuTshazimpuzi 2025, isivumelwano sokunqumamisa ukunyuswa kweVAT safikelelwa nabachasi abaphambili, iDemocratic Alliance (DA) kunye ne-Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
UMphathiswa wamkele umyalelo wenkundla, esithi uhambelana ngokugqibeleleyo nesibhengezo sakhe sangaphambili somhla wama23 kuTshazimpuzi sokurhoxisa ukonyuka okungundabamlonyeni.
"Ekubeni sele ebhengeze ukurhoxisa ukonyuswa kweVAT, uMphathiswa ucinge ukuba akasayi kuba nasizathu sokuqhubeka netyala lenkundla.
"Umongo wokunqunyanyiswa kokunyuka uchazwe kwingxelo efungelweyo efakwe ngaphambili ngeCawa nguMphathiswa ephendula kwiafidavithi eyongezelelweyo yeDemocratic Alliance efakwe ngomhla wama25 kuTshazimpuzi 2025," itshilo iofisi ejongene nezezimali kurhulumente welizwe loMzantsi Afrika.
UMphathiswa usamile kwelokuba isindululo sakhe sokuqala sohlahlo lwabiwomali lwe12 kweyoKwindla 2025 sasisemthethweni kwaye sifanelekile, xa kujongwa iindlela ezimbalwa ezikhoyo zokulinganisa uzinzo lwemali kunye neemfuno zonikezelo lweenkonzo.
UMphathiswa ubalule ezona ngongoma zibalulekileyo zichazwe kwingxelo yakhe efungelweyo.
UGodongwana uthi emva kwembalelwano kaSomlomo yomhla wama21 kuTshazimpuzi 2025, kuye kwacaca ukuba ukonyuswa kweVAT akunankxaso ifunekayo kwezopolitiko. IOfisi yoMphathiswa emva koko yazisa izicwangciso zokusungula umthetho ogcina iVAT ikwi15% ukusuka ngomhla wokuqala kuCanzibe 2025, itsho ingxelo.
Ingxelo efungelweyo kaGodongwana iqhube yathi ngelixa kwakucetywe ngokuthandabuza, ukunyuswa kweVAT kujongwe njengento engenabungozi kangako kuhlumo loqoqosho nakwingqesho kunezinye izicwangciso ezivavanywe nguNondyebo weSizwe.
Ingxelo ithe ukurhoxiswa kokunyuswa kweVAT kudala ukushokoxeka kwengeniso yexesha eliphakathi emalunga namashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu eebhiliyoni zeerandi (R75 billion), nto leyo enyanzelisa ukuhla kwenkcitho karhulumente okunokuba neempembelelo kunikezelo lweenkonzo.