IFP refuses to back down on request for fuel debate
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), whose request for a parliamentary debate on rising fuel costs was turned down, says it is not taking no for an answer.
"We are going to make sure that in the last week of parliament that we have, that we will continue to raise this matter and request the minister of finance and mineral and energy to respond," says the IFP's Narend Singh.
The party wrote to National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, last week to ask for a discussion on why fuel prices have been rocketing in recent months.
In KwaZulu-Natal, a litre of petrol costs more than R19, 50.
Singh says the price blunder by Mineral Resources and Energy should also come under scrutiny.
The department said a week ago that from 1 December, petrol would cost 81 cents a litre more.
On Wednesday, though it said it had made a mistake by adding an additional 6 cents to the price.
"Why there are such large potions added to the fuel price as levy - the general fuel levy and the Road Accident Fund levy.
"What exacerbates the matter is that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy overpriced fuel by 6 cents a litre and then went on to try and make a lame excuse and apology to South Africans who already paid the increased price."
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