There was reason for some early morning cheer on Monday when South Africa’s motorists read the news that petrol and diesel prices for October were set to fall dramatically.
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As per the Central Energy Fund (CEF), these will be the fuel price changes effective from midnight on Tuesday, 1 October.
Go easy on the accelerator until then!
| FUEL | PRICE CHANGE |
| Petrol 93 | decrease of 106 cents |
| Petrol 95 | decrease of 114 cents |
| Diesel 0.05% | decrease of 114 cents |
| Diesel 0.005% | decrease of 112 cents |
| Illuminating Paraffin | decrease of 111 cents |
The price of petrol 93 at the coast will now cost R19.94 per litre (and R20.73 inland).
That represents a dramatic decrease since it hit its high this year of R24.36 on 1 May.
That represents a R4.42 drop in the last five months.
The last time petrol 93 cost under R20 / litre at the pumps was in February 2022.
And there could be even more good news in November!
Should the current stronger rand and low oil prices continue (as they have in recent weeks), further cuts could well be on the cards in early November.
FUEL PRICE IN SOUTH AFRICA IMPACTED BY TWO MAIN FACTORS:
1. The international price of petroleum products, driven mainly by oil prices
2. The rand/dollar exchange rate used in the purchase of these products
Oil price
At the time of publishing the brent crude oil price is $71.76 a barrel.
Exchange rate
At the time of publishing the rand/dollar exchange rate is R17.18/$.
Correct as at time of publishing
The NEW October 2024 petrol and diesel prices (Inland and Coastal):
| INLAND | October |
| Petrol 93 | R20.73 |
| Petrol 95 | R21.05 |
| Diesel 0.05% | R18.45 |
| Diesel 0.005% | R18.57 |
| Illuminating Paraffin | R12.66 |
| COASTAL | October |
| Petrol 93 | R19.94 |
| Petrol 95 | R20.26 |
| Diesel 0.05% | R17.66 |
| Diesel 0.005% | R17.81 |
| Illuminating Paraffin | R11.66 |
