GOOD Statement by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General:
The GOOD party welcomes the extension of the fuel levy relief until June 2026 announced by the Ministers today.
The impact of the US attack on Iran on oil prices, and thus fuel prices, demanded our government’s domestic intervention to protect South Africans from a radical fuel price shock.
South Africans are under enormous financial pressures, and a volatile fuel price is an additional financial burden household must navigate.
While we welcome the Ministers’ response to the fuel price crisis, we are concerned about the intention to halve the relief from June 2026. There’s no indication that the US war on Iran will be resolved by then or that the price of crude oil will reduce sufficiently to warrant that adjustment to the temporary fuel levy relief.
That decision is best taken when we get closer to June and have the benefit of real information about the war, the availability of oil and its pricing.
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Fun South African Fact: Lions, elephants and giraffes may not roam the city streets, but nature and animals are never too far away in South Africa. From vervet monkeys swinging through tree-lined streets in the suburbs and baboons frolicking around Cape Point to seals visiting the Hout Bay harbour in search of a fishy snack and an array of bird species taking to the sky at any given moment. Wildlife is all around!