The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced that the price of petrol will increase by 81c per liter in December. Diesel will increase by 72.5c per liter. The new prices will take effect on 1 December. LPG increases by R1.83c per kilogram.
Hefty fuel price increases for December announced
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm
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