BRACE FOR PETROL PRICE INCREASES WEDNESDAY

Published on

4 March 2019

South African motorists will be paying 74 cents more per litre of petrol and between 91 and 93 cents more per litre of diesel from Wednesday.

The fuel price announcement for March was made by Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, on Monday morning.

He said the price hikes were mainly due to an increase in international crude oil prices.

The current inland price for a litre of 95 octane unleaded petrol is R14.08. From Wednesday, this will rise to R14.82 per litre.

The increases announced by Radebe include:

Petrol (93 Octane, ULP and LRP): 74.00 c/l increase;

Petrol (95 Octane, ULP and LRP): 74.00 c/l increase;
Diesel (0.05% sulphur): 91.00 c/l increase;

Diesel (0.005% sulphur): 93.00 c/l increase;
Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale): 76.00 c/l increase; and
Maximum LPGas Retail Price: 101.00 c/kg increase

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