Reports on the huge drop of the petrol price expected in October are done to deliberately distort facts, creating a false narrative that DA-ANC coalition government is responsible for economic progress, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said in a statement on Thursday.
The EFF was responding to “the false and misleading media headlines” predicting that South Africa will experience a R4.61 decrease in petrol prices next month.
In what appears to be a well coordinated campaign, several mainstream media outlets highlighted that the coming petrol price decrease will be the fifth consecutive cut since may this year, and the sixth for diesel.
The official fuel pricing announcement for October by the department of mineral and petroleum resources is expected on September 30 ahead of the adjustment at midnight on October 2.
“These media headlines which portray protracted and year-on-year decreases in the cost of petrol, that would accumulate to R4.61 in October 2024 should there be a decrease, are now presented as if they are a massive decrease in petrol prices of this cumulative amount on one projected occasion in October 2024, as a result of the DA-ANC coalition,” the EFF stated.
The party believes that most of the country’s media publications have taken an editorial posture to misrepresent economic data and peddle falsehoods about purported economic growth.
Moreover, the EFF singled out the Democratic Alliance (DA) for allegedly spearheading this “misinformation campaign”.
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