The country's eight biggest municipalities will share almost R16 billion in general fuel levy revenue following allocations by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.
The country’s eight metropolitan municipalities will share nearly R16 billion in general fuel levy revenue allocated by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to fund road maintenance.
According to Godongwana’s allocations for the 2024/25 financial year, the City of Johannesburg will receive nearly R4.7bn, while the eThekwini Metro’s share is just under R4.1bn, and the City of Cape Town will get over R3bn.
The City of Tshwane’s allocation is R1.87bn, and the Ekurhuleni Metro gets R1.79bn, while R853.5 million will go to the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. The Buffalo City Metro and Mangaung are allocated R828m and R414.4m, respectively.
During his Budget Speech in February, Godongwana announced that the general fuel levy will go up by nine cents per litre for petrol and eight cents per litre for diesel.
