The South African government met to discuss what should be done in the wake of an anticipated petrol price hike on Wednesday. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe met during the weekend to discuss further intervention strategies. “People are going to say ‘put money into saving the cost of fuel’, they’re going to say ‘extend the grant’, they’re going to say ‘extend the expanded public works programme’, they’re going to say ‘take the Eskom debt’, they’re going to say ‘take the e-toll debt’,” he said. People such as NGOs, look at the grant in isolation from all these exposures, and people who look at the fuel cost, look at the fuel cost in isolation from all these exposures,” he added. By Zintle NkohlaFollow Zintle Nkohla on TwitterFollow IT News Africa on Twitter

Source: The North Africa Journal May 30, 2022 07:27 UTC