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Now EFF can’t vote against its own budget: Lesufi explains decision to appoint Dunga

Sowetan · · 137 words · By Kgothatso Madisa
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Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi believes he has played a masterstroke by handing over the province’s finance department to the EFF, as now they can never vote against their own budget in the legislature.

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What happened

Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi believes he has played a masterstroke by handing over the province’s finance department to the EFF, as now they can never vote against their own budget in the legislature.

Why it matters

Lesufi has argued, in the midst of harsh criticism, that budget votes have proven to create instability in the running of government and that giving the EFF the role to draw up the budget will go a long way to create much-needed stability.

Common ground

The EFF is one of the four biggest political parties in the Gauteng provincial legislature along with the DA, MK Party and the ANC.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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2 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi believes he has played a masterstroke by handing over the province’s finance department to the EFF, as now they can never vote against their own budget in the legislature.”
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The evidence does not explicitly confirm that Panyaza Lesufi transferred the finance department to the EFF. Wikipedia mentions Nkululeko Dunga as the EFF's finance MEC but does not reference any such transfer by Lesufi. No other sources corroborate the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The premier of Gauteng is the head of government of the Gauteng province of South Africa. The current premier of Gauteng is Panyaza Lesufi, a member of the African National Congress, who was elected …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_Gauteng
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gauteng Provincial Legislature is the legislature of the South African province of Gauteng. It is a unicameral body of 80 members elected every five years. The current legislature, the seventh, wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauteng_Provincial_Legislature
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nkululeko Dunga (born 23 August 1988) is a South African politician who has been the Member of the Executive Council of Gauteng for Finance since April 2026. The provincial chairperson of the Economic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkululeko_Dunga
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“The EFF is one of the four biggest political parties in the Gauteng provincial legislature along with the DA, MK Party and the ANC.”
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The 2024 Gauteng provincial election Wikipedia entry confirms the ANC, DA, MK Party, and EFF as the four major parties in the legislature. This directly supports the claim about the EFF being one of the four largest parties.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Gauteng provincial election was held on 29 May 2024, concurrently with the 2024 South African general election, to elect the 73 members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. The African Nat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Gauteng_provincial_electi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. This was the seventh general election h…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 South African municipal elections will be held across South Africa, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. A total …
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