Petrol hike: ‘Instead of buying a litre of fuel for R14, you buy it for R20’

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Petrol hike: ‘Instead of buying a litre of fuel for R14, you buy it for R20’
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Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe explains why South African motorists are paying more for fuel.

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has explained why motorists pay more for fuel and that petrol prices should be lower.

“In the fuel price, there is the general fuel levy, there is the Road Accident Fund, linked to the price of fuel. So instead of buying a litre of fuel for R14, you buy it for R20,” the minister said. Minister Mantashe also said his department’s calculations suggest that the correct fuel price should be R14 per [email protected]

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