ANC remains committed to resolving the national budget deadlock [SOUND]

# The ANC says it continues to demonstrate its readiness to engage all parliamentary stakeholders with a clear focus on the national interest, public accountability, and advancing economic recovery. The party’s negotiating team led by Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, met with ActionSA to address the national budget impasse over the value-added tax hike. The ANC’s spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, says both parties recognise the urgency required to resolve the current budget impasse in a manner that upholds the principles of sound fiscal governance: