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<strong>TRYING TO CURB POLLUTION: </strong> Car exhaust emissions are under the spotlight again with a bold new move in the UK to clean up the atmosphere. <em>Image: Shutterstock. </em>
<strong>TRYING TO CURB POLLUTION: </strong> Car exhaust emissions are under the spotlight again with a bold new move in the UK to clean up the atmosphere. <em>Image: Shutterstock. </em>

LONDON, England - The South African government is trying to cut vehicle emissions by taxing vehicle emissions - the bigger the car, the more the tax added at purchase.

Big business, however, gets away with fouling the atmosphere with the permission of the same government.

The SA Revenue Service (the taxman) has published guidelines to influence “the composition of South Africa’s vehicle fleet to become more energy efficient and environmentally friendly". Hence the emissions tax on new vehicles.

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