Why petrol is so expensive in South Africa

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How much have the general fuel levy and RAF levy increased over the last 5 or 10 years? Would the RAF be (as) necessary if there was a legal requirement for all vehicles to be insured with third party coverage?
 
For me its easy money, a cash cow, you just add a new levy its so easy with digital.
Now this created a situation similar to what municipalities rely on electricity profits, so if everybody go electric, which is extremely expensive to begin with, it would be interesting to see the levies on electric cars and battery powers to make up for this lack, just as the municipalities increased your house values and taxes and levies to make up for load shedding losses. They want money at all costs, to hell with the middleclass the spreaders of money through societies, thats the game, controlling the flow with taxes, extreme taxes means the control went south and out of hand.

The best selution for all the current crap going on is to make leaders and people nderstand how to work with money & resources its linked to over long terms of sustainability. Being rich today does not mean you knew/know how to work with money and resources, it just means you know how to exploit in fancy "clean" ways Siut & tie with shiny shoes. Manufacturing crap & delivering poor ser vices can be profitable quikly, but you a RESOURCE waster and that alone degrades money value fast......So stop manufacturing crap & deliver good services, thats the least resources you can waste as a human being living as is on this planet.
 
I wonder how true this is, and how fair a comparison.

We read just here the other day that South Africa's fuel is actually considerably cheaper than most developed countries:
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How much South Africans spend on petrol vs the UK, Switzerland, USA, and others

This is how South Africa’s petrol price compares to the rest of the world.
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It is kind of weird that our neighbours who import fuel via South Africa pay less than we do, and I'm not one to say that there's no room for improvement in the taxes / levies that we do pay.

But globally, SA's fuel isn't that expensive, so the headline is somewhat misleading.
 
Moto Guzzi said:
For me its easy money, a cash cow, you just add a new levy its so easy with digital.
Now this created a situation similar to what municipalities rely on electricity profits, so if everybody go electric, which is extremely expensive to begin with, it would be interesting to see the levies on electric cars and battery powers to make up for this lack, just as the municipalities increased your house values and taxes and levies to make up for load shedding losses. They want money at all costs, to hell with the middleclass the spreaders of money through societies, thats the game, controlling the flow with taxes, extreme taxes means the control went south and out of hand.

The best selution for all the current crap going on is to make leaders and people nderstand how to work with money & resources its linked to over long terms of sustainability. Being rich today does not mean you knew/know how to work with money and resources, it just means you know how to exploit in fancy "clean" ways Siut & tie with shiny shoes. Manufacturing crap & delivering poor ser vices can be profitable quikly, but you a RESOURCE waster and that alone degrades money value fast......So stop manufacturing crap & deliver good services, thats the least resources you can waste as a human being living as is on this planet.
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Summary:

State socialism has failed because it allows for mass corruption and mismanagement. State socialism has no place in the new world where efficiency and sustainability is everything.
 
Scrap the road accident fund.
Take out 3rd party insurance when you travel.
 
Benedict A55h0le said:
Summary:

State socialism has failed because it allows for mass corruption and mismanagement. State socialism has no place in the new world where efficiency and sustainability is everything.
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Yep, we need a tiny tiny government with a well resourced judicially system actually enforcing laws (mainly restricted to protecting human rights and busting monopolies)
 
When your a fat fukk piggy cadre slobbering away at the gravy trough, itsa cANCer (you need to read this with that Dean Martin - That's Amore song in your head)
 
Oh yay, another thread about this - the other 40 didn't quite cover all the angles ..
 
I’m for scrapping the RAF entirely and instead like seemingly every other country on earth require each vehicle to have at least 3rd party insurance to be able to have it registered in the first place.

The RAF as it stands today only makes sense if the person causing the accident isn’t insured and causes bodily harm etc. to someone.
 
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