{"id":34988,"date":"2026-05-20T19:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34988"},"modified":"2026-05-20T19:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:46:37","slug":"sa-fuel-levy-court-battle-underway","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-fuel-levy-court-battle-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"SA fuel levy court battle underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The fuel levy matter between South Africa\u2019s (SA) opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is currently underway in the Western Cape High Court.<\/p>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The EFF is challenging Godongwane\u2019s powers to change the fuel levy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The party stated that only Parliament should have the authority to make changes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The matter is being heard by Judge Mark Sher, who made a clear distinction that this case is about the fuel levy, and not the actual cost of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of March Godongwana announced a temporary reduction on the fuel levy which was later extended to May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The EFF says if the relief is only temporary, consumers will bear the brunt of future increases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The party is arguing that only Parliament had the constitutional power to impose or amend taxes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The matter carries broader implications for National Treasury.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20722,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-34988","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA fuel levy","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34988","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\/34988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34989,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34988\/revisions\/34989"}],"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=34988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}