AA predicts substantial fuel hikes
Grim. This is how the Automobile Association (AA) referred to the expected fuel price increase in April.
“As things stand today, petrol is set for a 90-cents-a-litre rise, diesel for an increase of 66 cents, and illuminating paraffin an increase of 62 cents,” the AA said. “These increases will exacerbate the already dire financial positions of millions of South Africans.”
Even more worrying is that this increase does not include the 26-cents-a-litre increases to the General Fuel Levy (GFL) and Road Accident Fund (RAF) (excluding the one cent increase to carbon tax). Adding the latter will increase the petrol price by R1,16 a litre and diesel by 92 cents a litre.
Thus “95 ULP Inland (currently at R16,32/litre) will now cost R17,48/litre of which R6,10 will be taxed through the GFL and RAF. This means that at least 35% of the cost of a litre of this petrol will be taxed. The price of diesel (currently pegged at R14,12/litre) will increase to R15,04 of which R5,96 (including increased levies) will be taxed – or at least 40% of the total cost,” said the AA.
Source: AA
