Economist to research fuel levy option

With Gauteng e-tolling indefinitely suspended, the Road Freight Association has commissioned economist Mike Schűssler to research the fuel levy alternative – how much needs to be levied on the fuel price as well as what effect this would have on the economy as a whole. From the outset the RFA has stated that it is open to a fair and transparent userpay system. But it has stood by its original proposal that an additional levy on the price of fuel be implemented country-wide and that this be placed into a fund managed and controlled by a publictreasury oversight body to ensure repair, maintenance and new development is implemented as required.