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The pro-business DA rejects the budget leaving the ANC to rely on other parties to get it passed in parliament.
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The Democratic Alliance, which joined the government after the long-ruling African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority last year, said it could not support a tax increase that would furt...
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The Democratic Alliance, the second-biggest party in the nation’s coalition government, has objected to the framework because it includes a proposal by the National Treasury to increase the value-adde...
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Is South Africa's coalition government about to fall apart?
The pro-business DA rejects the budget leaving the ANC to rely on other parties to get it passed in parliament.
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