{"id":97070,"date":"2022-06-02T10:46:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T10:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2022\/06\/02\/parliament-to-debate-rising-fuel-prices-affecting-consumers\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T10:46:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T10:46:38","slug":"parliament-to-debate-rising-fuel-prices-affecting-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2022\/06\/02\/parliament-to-debate-rising-fuel-prices-affecting-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament to debate rising fuel prices affecting consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/58822c90-3aa6-5e57-b486-c160c42b0f58&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x32&#038;resize=2362x1329.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>Cape Town &#8211; Parliament has agreed to hold an urgent debate on the rising fuel prices after the Minister of Finance and Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy were forced to intervene again.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has asked the technical committee of the National Assembly programming committee to report back to her next Thursday on when the debate will be held.<\/p>\n<p>Political parties said on Thursday the massive fuel prices were not only affecting motorists, but the prices have an impact on food prices.<\/p>\n<p>The consumers are going to bear the brunt of the massive increases and this needs to be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>DA deputy chief whip Siviwe Gwarube raised the matter at the programming committee with the Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>The IFP had already earlier in the year tabled a similar motion and it was debated.<\/p>\n<p>But political parties said they wanted a long-term solution and the involvement of Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana and Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe would be important.<\/p>\n<p>South Africans were buckling under pressure from the rising prices as it cuts across the food value chain as well.<\/p>\n<p>Mapisa-Nqakula said the technical committee must report back on the day for the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister of Finance two days ago requested he be allowed to address Parliament on this very matter, I did consult with the chief whip of the majority party. I did grant the Minister permission to make a statement in the House. But later on I saw that the minister made a submission and not a statement he had requested. I am appealing to the technical committee to report next week Thursday when the snap debate will be held,\u201d said Mapisa-Nqakula.<\/p>\n<p>She said South Africans were feeling the effects of the high petrol prices and this matter has to be debated by Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>siyabonga.mkhwanazi@inl.co.za<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-6eea1ea80851076754f5a4b3f831a07d\">Political Bureau<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town &#8211; Parliament has agreed to hold an urgent debate on the rising fuel prices after the Minister of Finance and Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy were forced to intervene again. 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