Godongwana reduces fuel levy until January – Here’s by how much

This relief will cost National Treasury R10 billion. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has answered the call by South Africans to offer relief to South Africans by reducing the fuel levy. Godongwana, while delivering his medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) on Wednesday, said the fuel levy will be reduced by R3 per litre for diesel and R1.50 per litre for petrol from 4 November 2026 until 1 December 2026. This relief will also continue until 5 January 2027. “The relief will continue at a lower amount until 5 January 2027. The diesel levy will be reduced by R1.50 per litre and the petrol levy by R1 per litre,” he said.