Petrol Price to Decrease in October but Diesel Price Set to Increase, Mzansi Reacts
- South Africans driving petrol cars can look forward to a price decrease in the upcoming month
- Consumers using diesel cars are out of luck and will have to cough up a little more for their fuel
- Mzansi took to social media to welcome the pending petrol price drop, expressing that the difference will go a long way
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South Africans using petrol vehicles can expect a decrease in fuel price in October, but it's bad news for those using diesel because it will increase by 43 to 50 cents per litre. According to News 24, both grades of petrol (93 and 95) will decrease by R1.24/l.
The Automobile Association (AA) said the negative outlook for diesel shown in the Central Energy Fund's (CEF) mid-month data is worrying because diesel is predominantly used by the agricultural, manufacturing and mining industries.
EWN reported that there would have been a bigger decrease if the rand was stronger, but SA's weak currency has affected the general outlook.
Fuel prices rapidly increased at the beginning of the year affecting consumer pockets in various ways. South Africans were pleasantly pleased by the news of petrol price dropping:
@Emmanuel_Moraba said:
"We want it back to R15/Litre."
@MattArends2 commented:
"I think the lowest we might see will be R19/R20."
@barend0777 wrote:
"It's so far good but let's have an article about food price hike too, I can't even survive on a R1 000 alone."
@Admiral____ suggested:
"Go fill up guys very fast before it drops."
@Gary79981008 posted:
Diesel influences the cost of living so we can expect the cost of living to go up as the diesel price increases again . Don't know why petrol can't subsidise diesel. Guess it's a tax thing government is loving the high cost of living today
@RedSaiyen said:
"Another drop to favour Mr Phala-Phala at the National Conference in December."
@UNgumzamo tweeted:
"I hope you will decrease your taxi fares after this."
@k_indii posted:
"Unfortunately, taxi prices and food prices won't drop."
SA man charged R120 000 for petrol after attendant makes a costly error, Mzansi Reacts
Briefly News reported that a petrol attendant's mistake in allegedly punching R120 000 instead of R1 200 has led to a viral social media post.
Sebastian Santino De Allende says the alleged incident occurred on Thursday, September 8, at a forecourt in Muizenberg, Cape Town.
Source: Briefly News
