{"id":836487,"date":"2025-09-01T16:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=836487"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:40:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T05:40:56","slug":"here-is-the-official-petrol-price-for-september-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/836487\/here-is-the-official-petrol-price-for-september-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is the official petrol price for September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has published the official fuel price adjustments that will take effect on Wednesday, 3 September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August saw oil prices come under pressure due to the Trump administration’s ongoing tariff and trade war, while OPEC+ increased output, bolstering supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The global diesel shortage, while still present, has normalised in international pricing, brining petrol and diesel recoveries closer together and swinging back from the wide loss in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rand, meanwhile, continued to show resilience, surprising markets and economists, who expected a much bigger response to the 30% tariff on South Africa that came into effect earlier in the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the added pressure from the tariffs, the rand remained in a relatively tight range between R17.50 and R17.80\/$, benefitting from a weaker greenback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, both petrol and diesel prices secured an over-recovery in prices in August, leading to a 4 cents per litre cut for petrol, and a bigger 56-57 cents per litre cut for diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The table below outlines the changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuel<\/strong><\/td>Change<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Petrol 93<\/td>decrease<\/mark> of 4 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Petrol 95<\/td>decrease<\/mark> of 4 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td>decrease<\/mark><\/mark><\/mark> of 56 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td>decrease<\/mark><\/mark><\/mark> of 57 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Illuminating Paraffin (Wholesale)<\/td>decrease<\/mark><\/mark><\/mark> of 37 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS<\/td>decrease <\/mark>of 132 cents per kg<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (Saldhana WC)<\/td>decrease <\/mark>of 151 cents per kg<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The average Brent Crude oil price decreased from $69.06 US Dollars to $67.01 USD during the period under review. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main contributing factors are increasing production by OPEC+ and non-OPEC producers, slower global economic growth outlook as well as uncertain trade tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average international prices of all petroleum products decreased in line with the decrease in crude oil prices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This led to lower contributions to the Basic Fuel Prices (BFP) of petrol by 1.88 cents per litre (c\/l), diesel by 54.35 c\/l and illuminating paraffin by 35.54 c\/l, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prices of Propane and Butane also decreased during the period under review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rand appreciated slightly on average, against the US Dollar (USD), from 17.76 to 17.73 Rand per USD during the period under review when compared to the previous one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This cushioned the prices by close to 2.00 cents per litre on all products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cumulative slate amounted to a positive balance of R3.26 billion for petrol and diesel of at the end of July 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In line with the provisions of the Self-Adjusting Slate Levy Mechanism, the slate levy remains unchanged at zero cents per litre in the price structures of petrol and diesel with effect from the 3rd of September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is how the price changes will reflect at the pumps (Diesel prices reflect wholesale, pump prices will differ):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inland<\/strong><\/td>August Official<\/strong><\/td>September Official<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
93 Petrol<\/td>R21.51<\/td>R21.47<\/td><\/tr>
95 Petrol<\/td>R21.59<\/td>R21.55<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td>R20.00<\/td>R19.44<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td>R20.04<\/td>R19.47<\/td><\/tr>
Illuminating Paraffin<\/td>R13.47<\/td>R13.10<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (per kg)<\/td>R36.08<\/td>R34.76<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Coastal<\/strong><\/td>August Official<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>September Official<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
93 Petrol<\/td>R20.72<\/td>R20.68<\/td><\/tr>
95 Petrol<\/td>R20.76<\/td>R20.72<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td>R19.17<\/td>R18.61<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td>R19.28<\/td>R18.71<\/td><\/tr>
Illuminating Paraffin<\/td>R12.46<\/td>R12.09<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (per kg)<\/td>R32.92<\/td>R31.60<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (Saldhana WC)<\/td>R35.30<\/td>R33.79<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Previous month prices are updated to reflect official numbers published by the DPMR.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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