When Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana failed to secure backing within the Government of National Unity (GNU) on 12 March for his proposal to raise VAT from 15% to 17% to finance this year's budget he handed a powerful weapon to the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA)...

The team includes Mokonyana; Second Deputy Secretary Marapone Ramokgopa; ANC Chair Gwede Mantashe; ANC NEC member Nkenke Kekana; Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola; and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana...

When finance minister Enoch Godongwana told the cabinet on 19 February of his plan to raise value added tax to 17% from 15% just hours before he was due to read the budget in parliament he handed a rare gift to the centre-right Democratic Alliance...

And Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says there are insufficient funds to finance the new scheme via government revenue...

Enoch Godongwana (ANC): Finance Minister...

The dominant group for now is the inner Ramaphosa circle such as Finance Minoster Enoch Godongwana Ministers in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshaveni responsible for state security and Marupene Ramakgopa responsible for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramakgopa Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Transport Minister Barbara Creecy...

Enoch Godongwana: The finance minister and his colleague Mondli Gungubele Minister of Sports Arts and Culture together played a key role in preparing the 87-member ANC executive for a GNU including the DA which is seen by many as the enemy...

Staunch Ramaphosa allies such as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana his deputy David Masondo Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan and Justice Minister Ronald Lamola still hold sway in the ANC executive but it is a delicate balance which shifts according to the issues analysts say...

Sustained low growth is haunting the policy calculations of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana who presented his budget to parliament on 21 February...

Enoch Godongwana's refusal to do so...