South African Man Flexes R40 Petrol Budget, Shows TikTok How He Sticks to It: Mzansi Laughs Hard

South African Man Flexes R40 Petrol Budget, Shows TikTok How He Sticks to It: Mzansi Laughs Hard

  • One man decided to take a humorous approach to the panic of the increasing fuel price
  • TikTok user @egmondpotgieter showed his very short commute to work and how it costs only a month R40 in fuel
  • Mzansi people had a good laugh at the man's funny video and shared what they spend on fuel per month

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Spending only R40 on petrol for the whole month?! This funny Mzansi man showed TikTok users how he managed to make his fuel stretch.

TikTok user @egmondpotgieter showed his very short commute to work and how it costs only R40 in fuel
TikTok user @egmondpotgieter showed his very short commute to work and how it costs only R40 in fuel. Image: Getty Images
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The price of everything is getting out of control, largely thanks to the fuel cost. While some can't afford food, others can't afford to get to the shop to buy food in the first place.

Mzansi TikTok user shares how he manages to spend as little as R40 on fuel

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TikTok user @egmondpotgieter decided to laugh instead of stressing over the alarming price increase of literally everything. So, he recorded a video showing how he uses as little as R40 on petrol.

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The video shows the man in his car, taking people on his journey to work… and only lasts a few seconds. Take a look at the hilarious video:

South Africans laugh at the man's silly video of his R40 petrol trip

While the fuel price is no joke, sometimes it is necessary to laugh in hard times. People took to the comments with a giggle.

Read some of the comments:

carlyle davids said:

“That one dude who is showing off.”

esmarie_c said:

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“Ugh, I wish mine was only R40 a month. Try R3 000 per month...”

Leretia Prins said;

“Oh no you didn't.”

Lindie said:

“Nooo!”

Aqil said:

“No sick or leave allowed there.”

"Luckily I checked before paying": Shocked South African man's R300 petrol bill only gets him 2 litres of fuel

In related news, Briefly News reported that Faiek Davids received a big fright on Sunday, August 7, when the R300 he spent on fuel indicated he only bought a paltry two litres of fuel.

The Cape Town man quickly snapped a photo of the unbelievable readout on the petrol tank before he asked to see the station's owner.

According to Davids's Facebook post, he went for a drive in his Toyota 86 sports car to purchase koeksisters and visited the fuel station.

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Denika Herbst (Editor) Denika Herbst is a Human Interest writer at Briefly News. She is also an Industrial Sociologist with a master's degree in Industrial Organisational and Labour Studies from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, which she completed in 2020. She is now a PhD candidate at UKZN. Denika has over five years of experience writing for Briefly News (joined in 2018), and a short time writing for The South African. You can reach her via: denika.herbst@briefly.co.za.

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