EFF vs Godongwana | Judgment reserved in Godongwana’s fuel levy powers

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has argued that the Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, should not have the power to make a decision about tax, without proper parliamentary consultation.

This is the argument of the EFF’s legal counsel Advocate Mfesane Ka-Siboto, in the Cape Town High Court.

The party is challenging Godongwana’s ability to determine the fuel levy – saying the Minister has too much power and it should be a decision that Parliament makes.

Ka-Siboto says they are disputing the constitutionality of the legal provisions that allow the executive to unilaterally increase taxes or bypass parliamentary oversight.

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