{"id":33274,"date":"2026-04-29T10:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33274"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:26:09","slug":"sa-motor-association-welcomes-fuel-levy-relief-extension-upset-by-paraffin-hike-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-motor-association-welcomes-fuel-levy-relief-extension-upset-by-paraffin-hike-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Motor Association welcomes fuel levy relief extension, upset by paraffin hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The Motor Industry Staff Association (MISA) in South Africa (SA) has welcomed government\u2019s extension of the fuel levy relief.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Drivers of petrol vehicles will continue to receive relief of R3 ($0.18)per litre, while drivers of diesel vehicles will benefit from a discount of R3.93 ($0.24) cents a litre.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">In March, government announced a temporary reduction in the fuel levy from April 1 to May 5.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">This is in a bid to cushion the economy from steeply increasing oil prices.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">In a statement, SA Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the level of relief will be halved in June before it\u2019s phased out in July.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">This means from July onwards, the general fuel levy for petrol will return to R4.10 ($0.25)per litre, and diesel will return to R3.93 ($0.24)per litre.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">MISA Spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says, \u201cThis is a positive step; however, it is disappointing that paraffin prices are set to rise by R5 ($0.30)or more per litre in May, leaving the poorest households that depend on it for cooking, heating and lighting, exposed to unbearable costs, as winter approaches.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20722,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-33274","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"In March, government announced a temporary reduction in the fuel levy from April 1 to May 5.","published_date":"","news_description":"In March, government announced a temporary reduction in the fuel levy from April 1 to May 5.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33275,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33274\/revisions\/33275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}