How South Africa’s Fuel Tax Scam Works: Why we should be paying only R17 per litre

In rand terms, crude oil is now cheaper than in February, yet we're paying R7 more per litre than 4 months ago. Here's the scam: Today, SA fuel levies are 14x higher today than at the height of Apartheid sanctions. Originally, fuel levies was introduced to build our National highways, and later for SASOL subsidies during sanctions. It was always meant to be phased out. The new regime decided not to phase it out, as was the original plan, but instead turned it into a permanent cash cow. Time to expose it. Full story: