{"id":61463,"date":"2024-02-21T17:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T17:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly"},"modified":"2024-02-21T18:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T18:27:06","slug":"godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly","title":{"rendered":"Godongwana leaves fuel levies alone but increases carbon tax slightly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says there will be no increases to the country\u2019s general fuel levy (GFL) and Road Accident Fund (RAF) levy for 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In his annual budget speech on Wednesday, Godongwana said the government was mindful of the already high cost of living and the impact fuel prices have on food and transport costs.\u201cIn this regard, we are proposing no increases to the general fuel levy for 2024\/25. This will result in tax relief of around R4bn. This is money back in the pockets of consumers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The two largest levies on fuel \u2014 the GFL and the RAF levy \u2014 will therefore remain R6.13 on every litre of petrol and diesel sold in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In April, May, June and July 2022, the government slashed the GFL by R1.50\/l amid significant fuel increases at the time. However, the levy rates returned to their former levels in August that year and have remained at those rates since.Godongwana said the carbon fuel levy will increase from 10c\/l to 11c for petrol, and from 11c to 14c for diesel effective from April 3 2024.<\/p>\n<p>A discussion paper outlining proposals for the second phase of the carbon tax will be published for public comment later in the year, he added.<\/p>\n<p>South Africans can expect a major increase in fuel prices in March due to increased international product prices and the weak rand.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on mid-month fuel data released by the Central Energy Fund (CEF) on February 15, the AA noted the data is projecting fuel prices to exceed R24\/l for both grades of petrol, edging close to the R25\/l record high seen last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says there will be no increases to the country\u2019s general fuel levy (GFL) and Road Accident Fund (RAF) levy for 2024. In his annual budget speech on Wednesday, Godongwana said the government was mindful of the already high cost of living and the impact fuel prices have on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-61463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Godongwana leaves fuel levies alone but increases carbon tax slightly - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says there will be no increases to the country\u2019s general fuel levy (GFL) and Road Acci ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Godongwana leaves fuel levies alone but increases carbon tax slightly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says there will be no increases to the country\u2019s general fuel levy (GFL) and Road Acci ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-21T17:06:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-21T18:27:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/02\/sm_1708526988.743593.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"494\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Godongwana leaves fuel levies alone but increases carbon tax slightly\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-21T17:06:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-21T18:27:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly\"},\"wordCount\":296,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/02\/sm_1708526988.743593.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/godongwana-leaves-fuel-levies-alone-but-increases-carbon-tax-slightly\",\"name\":\"Godongwana leaves fuel levies alone but increases carbon tax slightly - 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