{"id":838511,"date":"2025-09-30T13:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=838511"},"modified":"2025-09-30T13:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:33:09","slug":"here-is-the-official-petrol-price-for-october-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/838511\/here-is-the-official-petrol-price-for-october-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is the official petrol price for October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has published the official fuel price adjustments that will take effect on Wednesday, 1 October 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September saw oil prices trade in a relatively tight range around $67 a barrel, with a spike in prices to $69 a barrel in the last week of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rand, meanwhile, continued to show resilience, strengthening to around R17.30\/$ for most of the month, and ending the last week on the front foot at even stronger levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to support from a stronger rand, fuel price recoveries managed to pull back from an under-recovery at the start of the month to a small over-recovery by month-end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, factoring in wage increases for forecourt employees into the mix, this has pushed prices back into the red for petrol and undercut the price decrease for diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This resulted in a 8 to 10 cents per litre cut for diesel and a small 1 to 8 cents per litre hike for petrol prices.<\/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>increase<\/mark> of 1 cent per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Petrol 95<\/td>increase<\/mark> of 8 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td>decrease<\/mark><\/mark><\/mark>\u00a0of 10 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td>decrease<\/mark><\/mark><\/mark> of 8 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Illuminating Paraffin (Wholesale)<\/td>decrease<\/mark><\/mark><\/mark>\u00a0of 11 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS<\/td>decrease <\/mark>of 17 cents per kg<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (Saldhana WC)<\/td>decrease <\/mark>of 19 cents per kg<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The average Brent Crude oil price increased slightly from $67.01 to $67.16 during the period under review. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The increase in the price of crude oil is due to the geopolitical risks emanating from the Russia & Ukraine conflict as well as the Middle East conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impact of the geopolitical risks outweighs the OPEC+ recent announcement to increase production in October, which could ultimately lead to increased supply and lower prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average international petroleum prices followed the increasing trend of crude oil prices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This led to higher contributions to the Basic Fuel Prices (BFP) of petrol by 16.93 cents per litre (c\/l), diesel by 8.13 c\/l and illuminating paraffin by 4.23 c\/l. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prices of Propane and Butane remained the same as during the previous period, however the shipping costs were lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rand appreciated on average, against the US Dollar from $17.73 to $17.49 per USD during the period under review when compared to the previous one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This led to lower contributions to the Basic Fuel Prices of petrol by 14.27 c\/l, diesel by 15.40 c\/l and Illuminating paraffin by 14.79 c\/l.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slate levy was unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has approved a 6.1 c\/l increase (from 299.5c\/l to 305.6c\/l), in the price structures of petrol to accommodate the wage increase for Forecourt employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is in line with the Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO) multi-year Wage Settlement Agreement signed on the 23rd of August 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This increase will be implemented from the 1st of October 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In line with the Working Rules to determine the Basic Fuels Prices (BFP), the differential between 95 and 93 octanes is adjusted on the first Wednesday of each quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BFP Octane differential has changed during the previous quarter and therefore the retail prices of 95 and 93 petrol octanes will be different in each fuel-pricing zone with effect from the 1st of October 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>September Official<\/strong><\/td>October Official<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
93 Petrol<\/td>R21.47<\/td>R21.48<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
95 Petrol<\/td>R21.55<\/td>R21.63<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td>R19.44<\/td>R19.34<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td>R19.47<\/td>R19.39<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
Illuminating Paraffin<\/td>R13.10<\/td>R12.99<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (per kg)<\/td>R34.76<\/td>R34.59<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Coastal<\/strong><\/td>September Official<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>October Official<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
93 Petrol<\/td>R20.68<\/td>R20.69<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
95 Petrol<\/td>R20.72<\/td>R20.80<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td>R18.61<\/td>R18.51<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td>R18.71<\/td>R18.63<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
Illuminating Paraffin<\/td>R12.09<\/td>R11.98<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (per kg)<\/td>R31.60<\/td>R31.43<\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (Saldhana WC)<\/td>R33.79<\/td>R33.60<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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