Fuel price UPDATE: Rand takes a pounding, petrol and diesel hanging on
Even at mid-May, it’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June, but the latest data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) remains good for motorists in South Africa, BUT … Looking ahead, fluctuations in international product prices and rand weakness show the following under-recoveries (price increases) or over-recoveries (price decreases) for petrol […]
Even at mid-May, it’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June, but the latest data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) remains good for motorists in South Africa, BUT …
Looking ahead, fluctuations in international product prices and rand weakness show the following under-recoveries (price increases) or over-recoveries (price decreases) for petrol and diesel as per data at 13 May 2023.
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| Fuel | Price change |
| Petrol 93 | decrease of 112 cents per litre |
| Petrol 95 | decrease of 113 cents per litre |
| Diesel 0.05% | decrease of 137 cents per litre |
| Diesel 0.005% | decrease of 128 cents per litre |
| Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale) | decrease of 79 cents per litre |
If these market conditions were to remain constant for the rest of the month – an unlikely scenario with the rand/dollar exchange rate ever changing and the oil price fluctuating – a decrease of 112 cents is expected for 93 octane motorists and a decrease of 113 cents for 95 users.
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Meanwhile, diesel motorists would see something between a 128 and 137 cents per litre decrease.
FUEL PRICE IN MZANSI 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
Exchange rate
At the time of publishing the rand/dollar exchange rate is R19.11/$.
Oil price
At the time of publishing the brent crude oil price is $75.75 a barrel.
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The final overall price changes for both petrol and diesel will be confirmed in the coming weeks with the new prices coming into effect at midnight on Tuesday, 6 June.
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Go easy on the accelerator until then, Mzansi.
The current prices at the pumps (Inland and Coastal):
| INLAND | May |
| 93 Petrol | R23.01 |
| 95 Petrol | R23.34 |
| 0.05% diesel (wholesale) | R20.15 |
| 0.005% diesel (wholesale) | R20.49 |
| Illuminating Paraffin | R14.39 |
| LPGAS (p/kg) | R33.32 |
| COASTAL | May |
| 93 Petrol | R22.29 |
| 95 Petrol | R22.62 |
| 0.05% diesel (wholesale) | R19.42 |
| 0.005% diesel (wholesale) | R19.78 |
| Illuminating Paraffin | R13.47 |
| LPGAS (p/kg) | R30.73 |
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