The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has published the official fuel price adjustments that will take effect on Wednesday, 4 March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
February saw oil prices trade higher as a result of geopolitical volatility and escalations between the US and Iran in the Middle East, which resulted in the US and Israel launching attacks on the country at the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This saw oil prices rise from below $60 a barrel to over $80 a barrel during the month, with much of the rise occurring on the last day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rise in oil was offset by rand resilience, but not enough to keep fuel price recoveries positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of this, from Wednesday, petrol users will see prices rise by 20 cents per litre, while diesel drivers will see prices rise by 62 and 65 cents per litre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The table below outlines the changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The average international product prices for Petrol, Diesel and Illuminating Paraffin increased during the period under review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rand appreciated against the US Dollar during the period under review, on average, when compared to the previous period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The average Rand\/US Dollar exchange rate for the period 30 January 2026 to 26 February 2026 was 15.9959 compared to 16.3054 during the previous period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This led to a lower contribution to the Basic Fuel Prices on petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin by 16.959 c\/l, 19.200 c\/l, 19.207 c\/l, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In line with the provisions of the Self-Adjusting Slate Levy Mechanism, the Slate Levy on petrol and diesel will remain at 0.00 c\/l with effect from 4 March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The maximum refinery gate price will be R11,470.61 per metric ton (636.619 c\/l), excluding VAT, for the period 4 March 2026 to 31 March 2026, translating to a 23 cents per kg increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the MRGP for the LPGas that is imported through the Port Saldanah Bay will be R13,076.49 per metric ton (725.745 c\/l), translating to a 26 cents per kg increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prices take effect from Wednesday, 4 March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is how the price changes will reflect at the pumps (Diesel prices reflect wholesale, pump prices will differ):<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has published the official fuel price adjustments that will take effect on Wednesday, 4 March 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":644669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[19909,22162,2171],"class_list":["post-852612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-diesel-price","tag-dpmr","tag-petrol-price"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852612","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=852612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":852642,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852612\/revisions\/852642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuel<\/strong><\/td> Change<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Petrol 93<\/td> increase<\/mark> of 20 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr> Petrol 95<\/td> increase<\/mark> of 20 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td> increase<\/mark> of 62 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td> increase<\/mark> of 65 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr> Illuminating Paraffin (Wholesale)<\/td> increase<\/mark> of 44 cents per litre<\/td><\/tr> LPGAS (Gauteng)<\/td> increase <\/mark>of 23 cents per kg<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nInland<\/strong><\/td> February Official<\/strong><\/td> March Official<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 93 Petrol<\/td> R19.99<\/td> R20.19<\/td><\/tr> 95 Petrol<\/td> R20.10<\/td> R20.30<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td> R17.91<\/td> R18.53<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td> R17.95<\/td> R18.60<\/td><\/tr> Illuminating Paraffin<\/td> R12.10<\/td> R12.54<\/td><\/tr> LPGAS (per kg)<\/td> R34.74<\/td> R34.97<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Coastal<\/strong><\/td> February Official<\/strong><\/td> March Official<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 93 Petrol<\/td> R19.20<\/td> R19.40<\/td><\/tr> 95 Petrol<\/td> R19.27<\/td> R19.47<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td> R17.08<\/td> R17.70<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td> R17.19<\/td> R17.84<\/td><\/tr> Illuminating Paraffin<\/td> R11.08<\/td> R11.52<\/td><\/tr> LPGAS (per kg)<\/td> R31.48<\/td> R31.72<\/td><\/tr> LPGAS (Saldanha)*<\/td> R33.58<\/td> R33.84<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>