AfriForum is calling for relief to consumers amid sky-high fuel prices [SOUND]

# AfriForum says the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement must provide relief to consumers amid sky-high fuel prices, along with other measures that will stimulate economic growth. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to outline the government’s revised fiscal outlook during a hybrid sitting of the National Assembly in Cape Town today. AfriForum’s Louis Boshoff says Godongwana must remember that the high tax collection still comes from the pockets of a shrinking group of payers; therefore, the government must show greater appreciation for the country’s taxpayers: