Minister Godongwana denies the fuel levy relief is aimed at appeasing voters ahead of the elections [SOUND]

# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has denied claims by opposition parties that the temporary fuel levy relief he announced in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement is electioneering, just two weeks before next month’s local government elections. The ten-billion-rand relief will see the fuel levy reduced by three-rand a litre on diesel and one-rand-50-cents on petrol from November fourth to December first. Godongwana says it is just a coincidence that the implementation of the fuel levy reprieve is on the same day as the elections: