Radio Personality Tbo Touch Spends R3000 on Petrol in a Viral Video, Mzansi Reacts

Radio Personality Tbo Touch Spends R3000 on Petrol in a Viral Video, Mzansi Reacts

  • Tbo Touch posted a video on Instagram on 27 October 2026 showing a petrol pump ticking past R3000 at a fuel station
  • The clip, captioned 'Let it flow,' had South Africans sharing their own fuel cost horror stories in the comments
  • Netizens joked about downgrading to motorcycles and blaming government leadership for the sky-high petrol prices
SA reacts to Tbo Touch spending R3K on petrol
Tbo Touch spends R3000 on petrol in a viral video. Images: TboTouch
Source: Instagram

Media personality Tbo Touch recently showed off a video of a fuel pump's digital display climbing past R3000, with on-screen text reading "LET IT FLOW" and his own commentary in the background swinging between disbelief and dark humour.

The TV and radio personality, who recently launched a podcast, Touch Uncensored, stunned his followers by revealing the amount of money he spent on gas.

Touch also recently caused a buzz online when he was called out for his remarks about Zimbabweans and Malawians.

The radio personality shared a video on his Instagram account on Tuesday, 27 October 2026.

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In the video, the camera zooms in on the pump's readout as rands, litres, and price per litre tick upward in real time.

Peeps react to the clip

@4g_juniors_:

"That's my monthly instalment for my car 😢"

@chris_mathebula:

"Mina, I am downgrading to a Velaphi motorcycle."

@eddie_mathiba:

"Even the petrol attendant guy is concerned gore you must change the car because he poured 3k just yesterday and today you back again 😩😭"

@xolisilemgedeza:

"Now that I bought a car, a petrol price is doing this to me. I can't enjoy this small luxury life I'm trying to live😢😢😢"

@buyani_f:

"Angola has oil and they are still on something like R3/L...why isn't SADC coming with a resolution to source in bulk from Angola?"

@gabisilet:

"😢😢😢This is heartbreaking! So much money just for petrol?"
Tbo Touch fans react to a video spending R3000 on petrol
Radio Personality Tbo Touch shares a video of spending R3000 on petrol. Image: TboTouch
Source: Instagram

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Rae Seleme (Entertainment editor) Rae Seleme is a seasoned entertainment writer who kickstarted her writing career on TVSA. She has published articles on Iharare, ZAlebs, The South African before joining Briefly News. Rae obtained her BA Media Studies degree at the University of Limpopo, a copywriting postgraduate diploma from AAA School of Advertising and a PGCE at Unisa. Email: contact@briefly.co.za