The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe, has announced the adjustment of fuel prices that will come into effect from the 6th of May 2026. The adjustments are based on a number of current local and international factors.
Take note of the following changes;
- Petrol 93 and 95 (ULP & LRP): Three Rands and twenty-seven cents per litre (R3,27 per litre) increase.
- Diesel (0.05% sulphur): Five Rands and twenty-seven cents per litre (R5,27 per litre) increase.
- Diesel (0.005% sulphur): Five Rands and twenty-seven cents per litre (R5,27 per litre) increase.
- Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale): Four Rands and twenty-two cents per litre (R4,22 per litre) increase
- SMNRP for IP: Five Rands and sixty-three cents per litre (R5,63 per litre) increase.
- Maximum Retail Price of LPGas: Five Rands and seven cents per kilogram (R5,07 per kg) increase in Gauteng and five Rands and seventy-eight cents per kilogram (R5,78 per kg) increase in the Western Cape.
“…During the calculation of fuel prices for May 2026, the additional 93.00 cents per litre reduction in the fuel levy on diesel was erroneously captured as 0.93 cents per litre. This resulted in a higher increase in the wholesale price of R6,19 per litre instead of R5,27 per litre for diesel…”
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.