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DA calls for a slash of fuel levy by 50% for immediate relief | SA News

English and Afrikaans soundbites by Dr Mark Burke MP. 

South African households are in the line of fire of the oil price shock. Many minimum wage workers spend a third of their wages on transport. Petrol price increases will drive up taxi fares, they will drive up food prices and they will drive down growth. We need to protect South Africans from them, especially if the price we pay is less patronage.

The Democratic Alliance is willing to work with the Minister of Finance to urgently reduce both the RAF and General Fuel Levies by 50% for the duration of the oil price shock, or as long as possible.

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