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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. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Brace for big fuel price increase on Wednesday

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

Oppression: Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Photo: Natalia Fedosenko/Pool/Reuters

Mnangagwa returns to Zimbabwe after protest crackdown

Police and soldiers launched a large-scale operation against suspected protesters last week, which was triggered by a rise in fuel prices

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Bosasa and the bribery ‘cult’: Bank vaults of cash, the ‘orders of chicken’ and Dudu Myeni. How state capture involved so much more than the Guptas

Protests over economic hardships, fuelled by the 150% rise in the petrol price (above), led to security forces being deployed. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)

A Zimbabwean’s flight into exile: A voice inside me said ‘Run’

Fearing for her life, outspoken commentator Thandekile Moyo fled Zimbabwe this week with little more than the change in her pocket

People arrested during protests wait to appear in the magistrates court in Harare, Zimbabwe. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

​Five dead, dozens injured as protests prompt brutal crackdown in Zimbabwe

The protests began on Monday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa had announced a hike in fuel prices by up to 150%

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Haemorrhaging RAF staggers along

A new model is in the pipeline but the current fund’s liabilities are projected to rise to R393-billion by 2021-2022

Petrol price unchanged, but increases in other fuels (Photo Archive)

Petrol price unchanged, but increases in other fuels

Illuminating paraffin will increase 28 c/l increase and single maximum national retail price for illuminating paraffin will increase 37 c/l

According to data released by Statistics South Africa in August 2017, more than half of all South Africans were found to be poor in 2015, getting by on only R992 a month. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Rising fuel costs hit the poor hardest

It is not only motorists who are hurt by the increases. Everyone needs transport and food prices will rise too

“Government is deeply concerned by the rising cost of petrol in South Africa which is largely caused by the rand dollar exchange rate and the price of crude [oil],” says Radebe at a post-Cabinet briefing. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Government considering price ceiling for unleaded petrol

A task team is examining what to do to cushion the blow of another increase

“Implications of fuel price increases to the turnaround plan are that targeted areas of cost reduction would be squeezed to provide further savings, since the fuel cost increases would erode these savings,” says Pravin Gordhan. (Sumaya Hisham)

Gordhan: Fuel prices will rock SOEs

In a reply sent to MPs last week, Minister Pravin Gordhan says an increase in fuel prices above budgeted levels impacted most state-owned entities

The association is predicting a drop of R1.54 per litre for petrol, with diesel dropping by 92 cents and illuminating paraffin by 85 cents. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Fuel prices set to increase again in August — AA

​South Africans can expect another increase in the price of petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin in August says the AA

South Africa last experienced a real shock in liquid fuel prices during the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, which triggered record oil prices and exposed the country’s deep import dependency

Fuel prices could hit record levels in May – AA

There is a strong likelihood of a fuel price hike to record levels in May, says the Automobile Association

From 1 April to 5 May, the levy on petrol will drop from R4.10/litre to R1.10/litre and on diesel from R3.93/litre to R0.93/litre, while other levies, including the Road Accident Fund and Carbon Fuel Levy, remain unchanged.

Fuel price set to increase by 39 cents

The price of all grades of petrol will increase by 39 cents, and all grades of diesel by 24.2 cents a litre on Wednesday, says the energy department.

The G20 must take a strong stand against greenwashing by fossil fuel companies.

New petrol pricing move fuels debate

The new regulatory system is meant to introduce tranparency, but not all the players are happy.

South Africans will have to keep their spending to a minimum if they intend on affording expected fuel and electricity price hikes.

Fuel and electricity increases: The ride’s not over yet

South Africa should brace itself this year as the rise in petrol prices and electricity tariffs will swallow any money gained from tax breaks.

South Africa’s fuel prices to rise

The retail price of all grades of petrol will increase by 41 cents per litre, says the department of energy.

State says fuel price increase out of its hands

State says fuel price increase out of its hands

The department of energy says the recent drastic fuel price increase is due to external factors and has urged South Africans to be fuel efficient.

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Zapiro: Fuel Price Hike

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