Parliament will hold a debate on South Africa\u2019s record petrol price increases on 15 June following an official request by the opposition Democratic Alliance.<\/p>\n
The discussions are set to focus on the country’s record petrol price hikes and possible interventions to structurally change how the basic fuel price is calculated.<\/p>\n
The Democratic Alliance said it will use the debate to table its proposals which it said will cut more than R6 in tax and levies from every litre of fuel.<\/p>\n
The opposition party has proposed:<\/p>\n
On Tuesday (31 May), the National Treasury and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced that the general fuel levy reduction of R1.50\/litre would be continued for another month. The reduction would then be halved to R0.75\/litre in July, with the relief ending in August.<\/p>\n
The government was under huge pressure to extend the levy reduction \u2013 without it, the petrol price would have increased by close to R4\/litre last week.<\/p>\n
Despite this, the government is set to face continued social and political pressure to shield consumers from the cost-of-living surge and will be unable to give in to all demands going forward. In an open letter published on Monday (6 June), president Cyril Ramaphosa\u00a0warned<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>government cannot afford to keep extending these fuel price interventions.<\/p>\n
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