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Government’s amended budget will be Tabled on the 12th of March.

Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana made the announcement a short while ago.

He was meant to deliver his first budget speech under the GNU this afternoon.

But, in a first for this country, an 11th hour decision was taken to postpone the speech.

This is because members of the GNU had allegedly NOT been consulted about a plan to increase VAT by 2 percent.

Here’s Godonwana’s address to the media…