ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli says he is confident South Africa will finally have a new Budget by Wednesday afternoon. This comes after several disagreements between the ANC and DA.

By Wednesday evening, the country will have a Budget, says African National Congress (ANC) parliamentary chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli as the Government of National Unity (GNU) sorts out the last wrinkles before the Appropriation Bill vote in the National Assembly on 23 July.

"I think at the moment, as we go to bed today, I would say we are 99% in agreement in the GNU - that's including the DA. And there are still a few concerns that we're going to discuss this evening and early tomorrow," Ntuli told Daily Maverick on Tuesday afternoon.

"But I don't think those concerns are of such a nature that it will be difficult to reach an agreement."

"So from where I'm standing, I think the country will go to bed tomorrow with a Budget that has been passed."

Ntuli was speaking shortly after the DA announced it would support the Appropriation Bill, which sets out spending allocations for all government departments.

For the Bill to pass, every department's budget vote needs to be...