South Africa’s Godongwana Says to Temporarily Lower Fuel Levy

South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said he will temporarily lower the levy on both gasoline and diesel by three rand per liter in April.

• “I am still discussing what we can do for the next two months,” Godongwana said in an interview at the South Africa Investment Conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday
• NOTE: March 18, South Africa Sees Little Scope to Ease Fuel-Price Shock

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