Court to hear DA and EFF’s challenge on the VAT hike [SOUND]

# The Western Cape High Court is expected to hear an urgent application from the DA and the EFF today, seeking to interdict the pending 0.5-percent value-added tax increase. The parties are challenging the legality of the VAT hike announced in March, as part of the revised fiscal framework. The EFF’s treasurer-general, Omphile Maotwe, says for too long, the legislative process has been abused by the ANC that uses its numerical dominance to pass budgets without proper scrutiny or debate: