The newest figures level to good information for each petrol and diesel motorists in South Africa for March 2025.
However, there nonetheless stays time for issues to go awry …
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As reported by The South African website, car homeowners in Mzansi noticed an enormous improve in the price of each petrol and diesel earlier this month.
This was on account of a mixture of the rand depreciating towards the greenback and the worth of oil persevering with to rise because of ongoing unrest within the Middle East.
Below, the newest projections as acquired by The South African website from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), efficient Wednesday, 26 February.
| FUEL | PRICE CHANGE |
| Petrol 93 | improve of 9 cents |
| Petrol 95 | lower of 4 cents |
| Diesel 0.05% | lower of 14 cents |
| Diesel 0.005% | lower of 20 cents |
| Illuminating Paraffin | lower of 4 cents |
If the market circumstances had been to stay constant for the rest of the month – an unlikely state of affairs with the rand/greenback change price fluctuating and the oil worth ever altering – a rise of 9 cents is anticipated for petrol 93 octane motorists and a lower of 4 cents for 95 customers.
Meanwhile, diesel motorists would see one thing between an 14 and 20 cents per litre improve.
Finally, illuminating paraffin is anticipated to drop by 4 cents in worth.
FUEL PRICE IN SOUTH AFRICA IMPACTED BY TWO MAIN FACTORS:
1. The worldwide worth of petroleum merchandise, pushed primarily by oil costs
2. The rand/greenback change price used within the buy of those merchandise
Oil worth
At the time of publishing the brent crude oil worth is $72.66 a barrel.
Exchange price
At the time of publishing the rand/greenback change price is R18.46/$.
The ultimate general worth modifications for each petrol and diesel shall be confirmed early subsequent month with the brand new costs taking impact at midnight on Tuesday, 4 March 2025.
Go simple on the accelerator till then, Mzansi.
The present February 2025 petrol and diesel costs (Inland and Coastal):
| INLAND | February |
| Petrol 93 | R22.16 |
| Petrol 95 | R22.41 |
| Diesel 0.05% | R20.34 |
| Diesel 0.005% | R20.45 |
| Illuminating Paraffin | R14.23 |
| COASTAL | February |
| Petrol 93 | R21.37 |
| Petrol 95 | R21.62 |
| Diesel 0.05% | R19.55 |
| Diesel 0.005% | R19.69 |
| Illuminating Paraffin | R13.23 |
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