The Western Cape High Court has dismissed the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) application to interdict the 4% fuel levy increase.
The 4% hike was announced by the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, when he tabled the revised 2025 Budget Speech for the third time in May and will be effective from Wednesday, 4 June.
EFF LOSES COURT CHALLENGE OVER FUEL LEVY HIKE
In challenging the proposed hike, the EFF arguedthat the fuel levy increase places an unjust burden on the working class and the poor, who are already reeling from rising costs of living, stagnant wages, and ongoing economic hardship.
The party maintained that the levy is both economically unjust and unconstitutional, as it deepens inequality and undermines access to essential goods and services.
Moreover, the EFF had argued that the standing committee on finance sits on Wednesday 4 June and it is only then that such an increase can be approved. Not before, as the 2025 fuel levy increases have been slated to go into effect the same day.
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