The department of energy has released that official petrol price changes for April 2017, which will come into effect on Wednesday the 5th.<\/p>\n
Fuel prices decline across the board this week, as the strength of the rand (prior to the recent crash due to a cabinet reshuffle) had a positive impact on the basic fuel price.<\/p>\n
The average international product prices of petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin also decreased during the period under review.<\/p>\n
The inland cost of 95 ULP and LRP fuel will decrease by 24 cents per litre, while 93 ULP and LRP fuel will decrease by 22 cents.<\/p>\n
The wholesale price of diesel will decrease by 11 cents per litre, and the wholesale price of illuminating paraffin will drop by 49 cents.<\/p>\n
These decreases come\u00a0despite a 30 cents increase in the fuel levy and a 9 cents increase in the Road Accident Fund levy, which came into effect from 1 April.<\/p>\n
The rand appreciated against the US dollar during the period under review, on average, when compared to the previous period.<\/p>\n
The average rand\/US dollar exchange rate for the period 24 February 2017 to 30 March 2017 was 12.9148 compared to 13.2899 during the previous period.<\/p>\n
This led to a lower contribution to the Basic Fuels Price on petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin by 15.99 c\/l, 15.66 c\/l and 15.47 c\/l respectively.<\/p>\n
This is what you can expect to pay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\n Fuel<\/th>\n March official<\/th>\n April\u00a0official<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n 95 Petrol<\/td>\n R13.54<\/td>\n R13.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 0.05% Diesel (wholesale)<\/td>\n R11.60<\/td>\n R11.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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