{"id":878120,"date":"2026-10-05T15:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=878120"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:14:15","slug":"here-is-the-official-petrol-price-for-october-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/878120\/here-is-the-official-petrol-price-for-october-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is the official petrol price for October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has published the official fuel price adjustments that will take effect on Wednesday, 7 October 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September was a bleak month for fuel price recoveries, with escalations in the war in the Middle East pushing oil prices over $100 a barrel and sustaining that level for most of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rand also weakened against the US dollar amid broader market volatility, reducing its slight over-recovery to zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This resulted in a much steeper under-recovery in both petrol and diesel prices, which are now being passed on to consumers at the pumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prices were also impacted by an increase in the slate levy of 4.38 cents per litre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, petrol and diesel drivers are in for severe pain from Wednesday, with petrol prices increasing by R3.12 and R3.33 per litre and diesel by R2.84 and R3.24 per litre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both fuel types have hit new record highs, the second time this year, with petrol breaking the R30 per litre level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Fuel<\/strong><\/td>Change<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Petrol 93<\/td>increase<\/mark> of R3.12 per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Petrol 95<\/td>increase<\/mark><\/mark> of R3.33 per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td>increase<\/mark> of R2.84 per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td>increase<\/mark> of R3.24 per litre<\/td><\/tr>
Illuminating Paraffin (Wholesale)<\/td>increase<\/mark> <\/mark>of R3.58 per litre<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (Gauteng)<\/td>increase<\/mark> of 42 cents per kg<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In terms of the Working Rules to administer the BFP, the differentials between 95 and 93 petrol grades are adjusted at the beginning of each quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BFP differentials between 95 and 93 petrol grades have changed, and therefore the different price adjustments between the two grades.<\/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 on average during the period under review compared with the previous period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average Rand\/US Dollar exchange rate for the period 28 August 2026 to 01 October 2026 was 16.2123 compared to 16.2139 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 0.171 c\/l, 0.215 c\/l, 0.212 c\/l respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combined cumulative Petrol and Diesel Slate balances at the end of August 2026 amounted to a negative balance of R10.456 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In line with the provisions of the Self-Adjusting Slate Levy Mechanism, a Slate Levy of 87.66 c\/l will be implemented into the price structures of Petrol and Diesel with effect from 07 October 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The increase in the slate levy will be from 83.28 to 87.66, resulting in an increase of 4.38 c\/l in the price structure of Petrol and Diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The changes are effective from Wednesday, 7 October 2026.<\/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>R26.76<\/td>R29.88<\/td><\/tr>
95 Petrol<\/td>R26.92<\/td>R30.25<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td>R29.11<\/td>R31.95<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td>R30.05<\/td>R33.29<\/td><\/tr>
Illuminating Paraffin<\/td>R20.89<\/td>R24.47<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (per kg)<\/td>R37.39<\/td>R37.81<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Coastal<\/strong><\/td>September Official<\/strong><\/td>October Official<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
93 Petrol<\/td>R25.97<\/td>R29.09<\/td><\/tr>
95 Petrol<\/td>R26.05<\/td>R29.38<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td>R28.24<\/td>R31.08<\/td><\/tr>
Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td>R28.79<\/td>R32.03<\/td><\/tr>
Illuminating Paraffin<\/td>R19.83<\/td>R23.41<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (per kg)<\/td>R34.13<\/td>R34.58<\/td><\/tr>
LPGAS (Saldanha)*<\/td>R36.60<\/td>R37.08<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>
*change of 48 cents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has published the official fuel price adjustments that will take effect on Wednesday, 7 October 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":858975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2107094718014193969","_sma_facebook_post_id":"191437357620492_2227253814761684","_sma_instagram_post_id":"18156249013516832","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[19909,26688,2171],"class_list":["post-878120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-diesel-price","tag-official-changes","tag-petrol-price"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878120","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=878120"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":878319,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878120\/revisions\/878319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}