South Africa – A fuel levy on every litre of fuel purchased was introduced to fund road maintenance and construction of new infrastructure. The fuel levy has collected R211 Billion since the 2007 tax year (as confirmed by SARS statistics).
The Gauteng Highway upgrade and e-toll project was said to have cost R20 billion. That is only half of the fuel levy collected in one year!
So, what Front National would like to know is this: Why then do we need the e-toll mess? And what we would really like to ask, is this: If the state is already collecting R40 billion per annum from the fuel levy, they should have more than enough to maintain the infrastructure. Why then the shocking condition of our roads?
Come now, minister Gordhan….where did the fuel levy money go?
(Information supplied by Trevor Stumke)
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