MK Party says there are other avenues for government to raise money instead of a VAT hike [SOUND]

# The MK Party says it is strongly against any value-added tax hike and that the government must exercise political will and be pro-poor. Last month, Finance minister Enoch Godongwana cancelled his budget speech at the eleventh hour after the cabinet disagreed on a proposed two percentage point increase in VAT. He is set to table the budget on Wednesday. MK Party’s parliamentary whip, Mzwanele Manyi, says there are other avenues that the government could use to raise money: