Cash-strapped consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets as the fuel price goes up at midnight tonight, Tuesday 4 February.
Cash-strapped consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets as the fuel price goes up at midnight tonight, Tuesday 4 February.
All grades of petrol are due to increase by 39 cents a litre, said the Department of Energy.
A litre of 95 ULP will cost R13.96 a litre in Gauteng, the highest price motorists have paid and R13.59 in the coastal provinces.
The price of diesel (0.05% sulphur) and diesel (0.005% sulphur) will go up by 24.2 cents a litre. Illuminating paraffin wholesale will go up by 12 cents a litre, while that of illuminating paraffin (Single Maximum National Retail price) will go up by 16 cents a litre.
The Maximum Retail Price for LPGAS will decrease by 54 cents a kilogram.
“The average international product prices of petrol slightly increased, while diesel and illuminating paraffin decreased during the period under review.
"The average Rand/US Dollar exchange rate weakened when compared to the previous period,” said the department.
