The primary purpose of this submission is to highlight areas within the selected programmes that are in need of concerted interventions in relation to budgeting and planning, following the tabling of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), the Adjustments Estimates and Adjustment Appropriations Bill by the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni on 24 October 2018.

This submission is made in response to the call by National Treasury for public comment on the report by the Panel for the review of the current list of zero-rated VAT items. This submission objects to the February 2018 decision to increase VAT and call on Treasury and Parliament to reconsider this decision.

Act enacted to repeal certain laws pertaining to subdivision of agricultural land; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

This policy replaces all existing policies on the leasing of immovable assets of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. It also takes precedence over any other Departmental policy that contains any provision on leasing of immovable assets.

The formulation of this policy forms part of Government's commitment to implement a Land Redistribution Programme that seeks to address historical exclusion, inequitable access to land, insufficient participation in the agrarian economy and household food insecurity.