{"id":61154,"date":"2022-06-18T13:14:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T11:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/south-africa-cosatu-marches-over-high-fuel-prices-high-cost-of-living"},"modified":"2022-06-18T15:20:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T13:20:59","slug":"south-africa-cosatu-marches-over-high-fuel-prices-high-cost-of-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/south-africa-cosatu-marches-over-high-fuel-prices-high-cost-of-living","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: COSATU Marches Over High Fuel Prices, High Cost Of Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) marched in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday over high fuel prices and the high cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>The union says high fuel prices and the high cost of living are suffocating workers and called for government intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The union says workers are most affected as wages have not been increased despite the high cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Parliament held a debate on South Africa\u2019s record petrol price increases focusing on the country\u2019s record petrol price hikes, and possible interventions to structurally change how the basic fuel price is calculated.<\/p>\n<p>The debate followed the request by the Democratic Alliance (DA which called for an R6 slash in fuel price.<\/p>\n<p>DA leader, John Steenhuisen said the party wants more than an R6 slash (33%) in tax and levies from every litre of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Steenhuisen says it can be done if the government acts tough on corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Fuel prices went up at the beginning of June. The price of 95-octane unleaded petrol rose by R2.33 a litre to R21.92 ($1.37), while 93-octane unleaded petrol went up by R2.43 a litre to R21.63 ($1.35). This is still less than diesel price (US$1.76) and petrol (Blend \u2013 E15) (US$1.73) prices in Zimbabwe as per the latest review by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA).<\/p>\n<p>Increases were smaller than feared after National Treasury granted an extension of the reduction of the general fuel levy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) marched in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday over high fuel prices and the high cost of living. 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