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ANA reports that labour federation Cosatu on Wednesday called on the government to release its research into a possible cap on the fuel price.
Lamenting the “massive fuel price hike” of R1.34 a litre which took effect at midnight on Wednesday, the organisation’s parliamentary liaison office said: “It is becoming blatantly clear that our inept government does not have a solid plan to lessen the impact of these fuel hikes on consumers. The government promised a review of the fuel price structure in November 2018. Since that promised review, the public has heard nothing from the state. In the meantime, the fuel price has been increased three times with another massive increase predicted for May.” The federation said the fuel price increase was an “anti-poor tax” as they “have to bear the brunt of not only higher transport costs to get to work and send their children to school but also have to bear the burden of higher food prices and other essential goods.” Cosatu proposed a reduction of 38% of the tax rate on fuel, saying the government could make up for this by cutting the some 10% of the budget lost to corruption, as reported by the auditor-general, and increasing taxes for the rich.
- Read the original of this report at The Citizen
- Read too, Cosatu says incompetent government has no plan to deal with skyrocketing fuel hikes, at EWN
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