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Why South Africa’s carbon tax should stay | SA News

Carbon taxes are important ways of changing the behaviour of polluting companies, reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change and using tax revenue to benefit all of society. This according to researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT).

The South African minister of electricity and energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, is proposing to suspend the country’s carbon tax after experiencing pressure from fossil fuel lobbies.

The carbon tax is based on a “polluter pays” principle under the Carbon Tax Act, which increases the cost of fossil fuel-intensive activities. When the law was passed in 2019, carbon emissions were taxed at a rate of R120 (US$7.50) per tonne of…

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