JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance allege that Gauteng Finance MEC Lebogang Maile did not consult with them.
This is despite other parties in the provincial legislature being consulted.
Similarly to the national mother body, they say they will not vote for the budget.
The party's Ruhan Robinson says that they will go back and study the budget.
Robinson also stated that they are concerned about the R5 billion that is allocated to settle e-toll debt.
Provincial party leader Solly Msimanga says that the ruling party is very arrogant. He says that they should understand that they are running a minority government and should have done more consultations.
"If they say they tried to engage us, then they should say who they tried to engage," he says.
Contrary to Maile's response, Msimanga says the party are the ones who reached out.
Meanwhile, Maile says the DA should be asked whether they were interested in participating in the budget.
"They were not interested and we have said, and we are on record to have said we are talking to all of the political parties and are prepared to engage with anyone," he says.
Maile says the DA in Gauteng made it clear that they will not work with the ANC and will oppose everything they are coming up with. Regardless of what is being presented.
Maile says there is still going to be a budget vote, so the party is welcome to put in their input.
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Maile says work is underway to fix traffic lights in the province. These include fixing potholes and ensuring that other services are delivered to communities.
"The province will act decisively with departments that are underspending," he says.
To combat corruption, the Finance MEC says they are digitising their invoicing system. This is to combat human interference and corruption.