The South African Communist Party (SACP) welcomes the decision by the National Treasury, announced on 23 April 2025, to reverse the proposed Value-Added Tax (VAT) increases.
This reversal marks a significant victory for the working class, achieved through persistent mobilisation, mass action and principled resistance led by progressive formations, including the SACP.
The immediate task facing the working class is to strengthen broadest unity to prevent the National Treasury from converting the hard-won reversal of the VAT increases into a Pyrrhic victory – a situation in which the victorious forces essentially face great costs, diminishing or completely undermining the value of their victory.
