# The DA has criticised the planned 0.5-percent value-added tax increase, labelling it as an anti-growth, anti-jobs, and anti-poor strategy. The Western Cape High Court is today hearing the party’s urgent application to interdict the pending VAT hike. Speaking outside the court, the DA’s, Mark Burke, says they oppose a blind and blundering budget that will make life more expensive for South Africans:
DA labels the pending VAT hike as an anti-poor strategy [SOUND]
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