Opposition party MPs made a strong call to the National Treasury on Friday to cut wasteful and inefficient expenditure by the government as an alternative to increasing VAT.

They also called for measures to promote economic growth and job creation, which they said was missing from the budget finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled in parliament on Wednesday...

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