The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe, has announced the adjustment of fuel prices that will come into effect from the 4th of March 2026. The adjustments are based on a number of current local and international factors.
Take note of the following changes;
- Petrol 93 (ULP & LRP): twenty cents per litre (20.00 c/l) increase.
- Petrol 95 (ULP &LRP): twenty cents per litre (20.00 c/l) increase.
- Diesel (0.05% sulphur): sixty-two cents per litre (62.00 c/l) increase.
- Diesel (0.005% sulphur): sixty-five cents per litre (65.00 c/l) increase.
- Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale): forty-four cents per litre (44.00 c/l) increase.
- SMNRP for IP: fifty-eight cents per litre (58.00 c/l) increase.
- Maximum Retail Price of LPGas: twenty-three cents per kilogram (23.00 c/kg) increase and twenty-six cents per kilogram (26.00 c/kg) increase in the Western Cape.
The main reasons for the adjustments, according to the Minister, are the crude oil prices, international petroleum product prices, the Rand/US Dollar exchange rate and the implementation of the slate levy.