CONTROVERSIAL: Anger as former EFF member and parliamentarian, Mandisa Mashego, asks for help from Trump, Musk, and Afriforum
By Sitha Maliwa
Mandisa Mashego (Image: X)
In a recent interview on Hustlers Corner SA, a YouTube channel, Mandisa Mashego, former EFF Gauteng leader, MPL and outspoken civil society activist, made a shocking call to Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Afriforum for help in tackling the SA government’s proposed VAT increase. Her pleas to the US and white rightist groupings raised fierce political debate and intense criticism, particularly from left-wing groups and Pan-Africanists.
Mashego’s call for help is centred around the South African government’s decision to raise VAT by 0.5% to 15.5% this year and a further 0.5% to 16% in 2026 by the Ramaphosa government after it was raised by 1% from 14% to 15% in 2018 by the Zuma administration. The proposed VAT hike has been met with widespread ...