COSATU Pushes Parliament to Unlock R10bn Fuel Relief - Inside Politics

Fuel hikes squeeze taxis, Cosatu urges government relief

The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) is exploring ways to shield taxi operators and commuters from the impact of rising fuel prices. National office bearers resolved at a meeting in Kempton Park to assess the impact of the increases on the industry and investigate whether its collective buying power could be used to secure cushioning measures from fuel suppliers and business partners. This comes as fuel prices reach a high in Octobe…

COSATU: Fuel price hike will hit hard on working class

Bright Ntuli Trade union federation COSATU says the looming massive fuel price hikes are yet another blow that the working class and the economy simply cannot afford. This comes as...

COSATU pushes Parliament to unlock R10bn fuel relief - Inside Politics

COSATU is pushing Parliament to fast-track a R10 billion appropriation that it wants used to cushion workers, commuters and small businesses from record fuel-price increases.

COSATU CALLS FOR URGENT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION ON RECORD HIGH FUEL PRICES – Heart FM

COSATU is calling on Parliament to urgently pass the Second Special Appropriation Bill to provide fuel price relief. Parliamentary Coordinator Matthew Parks told Heart FM the Bill would unlock R10-billion for the Central Energy Fund’s Equalisation Fund. Parks says the Fund is designed to cushion South Africans from volatile international fuel prices.