The government says it is giving special attention to the fuel price — which is expected to rise sharply in June — as a temporary reduction of the general fuel levy is set to end.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana and mineral resources & energy minister Gwede Mantashe announced a two-month reprieve of R1.50/l on the fuel levy at the end of March and said there would be other price-reducing measures from the beginning of June...