Minister Mantashe says the gas and petroleum sector needs to be protected [SOUND]

# Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, says the solution for affordable fuel prices is the protection of the gas and petroleum sector. He addressed members of Parliament during the National Council of Provinces question-and-answer session with select ministers in the economic cluster on Thursday. Mantashe says domestic fuel prices are influenced by factors such as the price of crude oil, refined petrol product prices and the rand/US dollar exchange: