# DA federal council chairperson, Helen Zille, has announced that the party is taking legal action to block the proposed 0.5-percent VAT hike on 1 May. Speaking outside the High Court in the Western Cape, Zille confirmed that she has signed papers to challenge the process behind the VAT increase, calling the parliamentary procedures used to push it through procedural and invalid:
Helen Zille declares war on VAT hike with urgent court action [SOUND]
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