The prices of many popular products, such as DStv, petrol, and Big Macs, have increased significantly in South Africa over the last decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
South Africa has had a turbulent ten years, with big political changes, lacklustre economic growth, and a highly volatile currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Households have been under significant financial pressure in recent years, with unemployment rising and inflation eating into people\u2019s budgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High interest rates, which reached the highest levels in 15 years, have caused additional pain for South African consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FinMark Trust\u2019s annual FinScope Consumer South Africa index revealed that the rising cost of living significantly impacted South African households\u2019 wallets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The survey found that food costs consume approximately one-third of South African residents\u2019 income, and rising costs weigh heavily on consumers\u2019 budgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year, Standard Bank revealed that nearly half of South Africans who earn a salary are left with less than R1,000 or have negative balances by payday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This indicates just how much pressure South African consumers are under, with elevated interest rates and a rising cost of living eroding their disposable income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Richer South Africans have not been spared, with emerging middle-income earners being the highest percentage of customers with less than R1,000 or in the red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One product that hurts South Africans\u2019 pockets is petrol. The price of petrol increased from R10.78 in January 2015 to R21.34 in January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The significant increase was mainly due to the weaker rand, which made importing oil to make petrol and diesel much more expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The much higher fuel prices have a knock-on effect in South Africa because most products are transported by road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the higher prices were not only confined to food and physical products. It extended to entertainment services like DStv and Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 1 January 2015, South Africans paid R665 for a DStv Premium package. Ten years later, the price increased to R929.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, it is not all bad news. The price of mobile data and uncapped fibre products decreased significantly in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2015, South Africans paid R449 for 10GB of mobile data on a contract. Ten years later, this price plummeted to R99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The price of uncapped fibre products also declined significantly. In 2015, South Africans paid nearly R3,000 for a 100Mbps fibre connection. It is now well below R1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The table below shows how the prices of popular products in South Africa changed between 2015 and 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Africans now pay far more for DStv, petrol and Big Macs than they did a decade ago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":805610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[11216,78,5051,2171,21335],"class_list":["post-805609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-big-mac","tag-dstv","tag-mobile-data","tag-petrol-price","tag-south-africa-price-changes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805609"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806354,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805609\/revisions\/806354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Product<\/strong><\/td> Price in January 2015<\/strong><\/td> Price in January 2025<\/strong><\/td> Change<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Petrol<\/td> R10.78<\/td> R21.34<\/td> +98%<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Diesel<\/td> R10.33<\/td> R19.44<\/td> +88%<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr> DStv Premium<\/td> R665<\/td> R929<\/td> +40%<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr> DStv Compact<\/td> R295<\/td> R469<\/td> +59%<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Big Mac<\/td> R25.50<\/td> R51.90<\/td> +104%<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr> KFC Streetwise 2<\/td> R19.99<\/td> 39.90<\/td> +100%<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr> 10GB Mobile Data<\/td> R449<\/td> 99<\/td> -78%<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 100Mbps uncapped fibre<\/td> R2,899<\/td> R759<\/td> -74%<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"