# The EFF has filed court papers in the Western Cape High Court to join the DA in its application to challenge the 2025/2026 budget fiscal framework, declaring it unlawful and unconstitutional. The fiscal framework was adopted in Parliament last week and includes a 0.5-percent value-added tax hike, which comes into effect in May. The EFF’s spokesperson, Sinawo Thambo, says Parliament’s standing committee on Finance’s adoption of the fiscal framework was not consistent with the law:
EFF files court papers to challenge the adoption of the budget fiscal framework [SOUND]
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