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#OFMBusinessHour: AA wants answers on fuel price delay─── 19:10 Thu, 04 Nov 2021
The Automobile Association (AA) will approach parliament to find out why the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s announcement on record high petrol prices was kept to the last minute on Election Day.
On Wednesday, already financially strained South Africans started paying R1.21 more for a litre for petrol, R1.48 more for a litre of diesel and R1.45 more for a litre in paraffin.
The announcement was reportedly made by the aforementioned department late on Monday evening as many citizens approached the final hour of voting on Election Day.
The AA is of the view that the release was delayed to protect the “incumbent government” from any backlash.
According to the AA, the statement from department was slated for release on 28 October but was only issued on 1 November.
Spokesperson for the AA, Layton Beard explains the impact of the fuel price on burdened South Africans on the OFM Business Hour.
#OFMBusinessHour: AA wants to know why petrol price announcement was delayed:
