{"id":31929,"date":"2021-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=366a8bdb5aaf5c1dff3fd7cbd009e173"},"modified":"2021-09-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T00:00:00","slug":"petrol-price-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/petrol-price-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol price increases"},"content":{"rendered":"
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, has announced a four cent increase in the price of both grades of petrol.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
As of Wednesday, the price of 95 (ULP and LRP) and 93 (ULP and LRP) increased by four cents a litre.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This means that a litre of 95 ULP in Gauteng, which was R18.30, now costs R18.34 cents a litre.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, diesel (0.05% Sulphur) will decrease by 15.22 cents a litre, while the price of diesel (0.005% Sulphur) costs 14.22 cents less.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The price of illuminating paraffin (wholesale) will decrease by 15 cents.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The price of illuminating paraffin (SMNRP) will decrease by 20 cents, while the Maximum Retail Price for LPGAS will increase by 94 cents per kilogram.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In a statement, the DMRE said the average international product prices for petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin decreased during the period under review.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rand depreciated against the US Dollar during the period under review, on average, when compared to the previous period,\u201d said the Department of Mineral Resources.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, has announced a four cent increase in the price of both grades of petrol.As of Wednesday, the price of 95 (ULP and LRP) and 93 (ULP and LRP) increased by four cents a litre.This means that a lit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n