The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe, has announced the adjustment of fuel prices that will come into effect from the 1st of April 2026. The adjustments are based on a number of current local and international factors.
Take note of the following changes;
- Petrol 93 (ULP & LRP): Three Rands and six-cents per litre (R 3.06 per litre) increase.
- Petrol 95 (ULP &LRP): Three Rands and six-cents per litre (R 3.06 per litre) increase.
- Diesel (0.05% sulphur): Seven Rands and thirty-seven cents per litre (R7.37 per litre) increase.
- Diesel (0.005% sulphur): Seven Rands and fifty-one cents per litre (R7.51 per litre) increase.
- Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale): Eleven Rands and sixty-seven cents per litre (R11.67 per litre) increase.
- SMNRP for IP: Fifteen Rands and sixty cents per litre (R15.60 per litre) increase.
- Maximum Retail Price of LPGas: One Rand and eight cents per kilogram (R1.08 per kg) increase and One Rand and twenty-three cents per kilogram (R1.23 per 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.
*Government will reduce a tax imposed on fuel by R3 per litre for both petrol and diesel in April.