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COSATU welcomes move to block fuel levy hike and calls for further relief [SOUND]

# Union federation COSATU welcomes Transport minister Barbara Creecy’s bold intervention to stop yet another fuel levy hike. The minister has blocked a Road Accident Fund proposal to hike the RAF Levy to three rand per litre, saying consumers are under enough pressure. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says workers and the economy have been reeling from the massive fuel price hikes this past year. He has urged further relief for embattled commuters before the next fuel price adjustment at the beginning of November:

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