With increasing petrol prices due to Middle East tensions, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the removal of the multiple rands-per-litre that the Road Accident Fund (RAF) adds to the pump price of petrol and diesel
The Democratic Alliance has intensified calls for the scrapping of the fuel levy used to fund the Road Accident Fund (RAF), arguing that motorists should no longer bear the cost of what it describes as a dysfunctional and corruption-ridden institution amid rising fuel prices linked to escalating tensions in the Middle East.
DA transport spokesperson Chris Hunsinger last week said the party plans to engage Transport Minister Barbara Creecy on legislative amendments aimed at replacing the RAF with a scaled-down compensation system backed by compulsory third-party insurance for motorists.
“Every vehicle in South Africa pays multiple rands-per-litre to the RAF with every filling-up of fuel at a filling station, yet the RAF squanders this money,” he said.
The RAF levy currently forms part of the general fuel price structure and contributes several rand to every litre of petrol and diesel sold in the country.
