The anticipated 2025 budget speech has been postponed to March. Speaker Thoko Didiza has announced that “parties” failed to reach an agreement over the proposed 2% VAT increase. https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/breaking-news-budget-speech-postponed-parties-at-loggerheads-over-2-vat-increase-ce057bda-8b5c-46e4-a992-f8c0b90d5fae