South Africa's fuel tax conundrum

[Jan]

Problem with cutting South Africa's fuel taxes

While South African motorists often express frustration with the country's fuel-related taxes, it is highly unlikely that the government will reduce them soon.

Although the Government of National Unity (GNU) has embarked on a fuel pricing review, the contributions of taxes in the prices of petrol and diesel are not expected to be adjusted.

 

[G.A.S]

Unfortunately "fuel pricing review" probably means "how can we increase it". And even if it decreases, it will increase much more after the next budget speech.

 

[Thorium]

RAF are useless waste.

 

[The Trutherizer]

GFL is easy to collect and difficult to avoid, making it highly attractive to government

"Difficult to avoid". They can say that again. The cost of transportation affects the price of everything, and so it affects everybody. Inflation. Every single expense is increased. So yeah... Even the poorest of the poor pay dearly for today's nonsensical revenue, tomorrow. Along with everybody else.

But as long as it looks like the gov is balancing their books today, right? "Clap-clap-clap. Encore." [sic]

 

[The_MAC]

Summary: Government is struggling to manage the runaway slush-fund

 

[Bad Ballie]

The only problem is government greed and the strange idea that it can just lump more and more on the consumer without repercussion. As I have said before the GNU needs to have the taste slapped out of it's face and be put in it's rightful place as the lowly servant of the people it is.

 

[Fuzzbox]

WOE IS ME.
Where will the government steal from next.?

 

[system32]

What is the full breakdown of the fuel price?
IIRC, there is quite a lot of Transnet pipeline costs, port costs, unusually high fees for the stations, etc.

 

[system32]

TAX is just theft of money from hard working citizens.