Tag: Paraffin

The Department of Energy last week announced a record high increase in the price of fuel.

Also adding to the increase is the 27 cents added to the fuel levies coming into effect this month.

Brace yourself for steep petrol price increase

by Busisiwe Radebe

5 April 2021, 5:30 PM

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced that petrol will increase by R1 a litre in Gauteng and ...

Motorists can expect another fuel hike on Wednesday

4 August 2020, 8:56 AM

The price of fuel is expected to increase again from Wednesday.

Central Energy Fund unaudited data reveals that 95 octane could rise by 10 cents a litre in September.

Weakness of Rand expected to negatively affect fuel prices in September

28 August 2019, 9:32 PM

The AA says the weakness in the Rand is expected to negatively affect the fuel price for next month.

Fuel prices are set to go up by 54-cents a litre for 93 and 95 octane unleaded petrol at Tuesday midnight.

A call for national protest against fuel price increases

30 April 2019, 9:55 PM

The People Against Petrol and Paraffin Increases (PAPPI) has called for South Africans to hold a national protest against fuel ...

The petrol price is going up by R0,74 cents.

AA concerned about impact of fuel price hike on consumers

5 March 2019, 9:56 PM

The petrol price will go up by a hefty R0,74 cents per litre at midnight. Diesel will go up by ...

The National Taxi Alliance has urged taxi operators to be lenient in their fare adjustments.

Fuel increases prompt taxi fare hikes

1 August 2018, 10:10 AM

Taxi fares are going up across the country with effect from Wednesday.

This is the fifth time that prices have increased since the beginning of the year.

SA motorists to ‘switch off engines’ against petrol hikes

by Tshepiso Moche

5 July 2018, 10:02 AM

A newly formed organisation, People Against Petrol and Paraffin Price Increase is warning that government will face a national shutdown ...

Prices at the pumps have increased five times since the beginning of the year.

IFP requests urgent debate on fuel hikes

4 July 2018, 10:08 AM

The Inkatha Freedom Party says it has written to National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete to request an urgent debate on ...

Residents in poor communities say they are struggling to keep up with the recent hikes in petrol and paraffin prices.

Retailers ‘running out’ of paraffin as winter bites

4 July 2018, 7:35 AM

Some retailers selling paraffin in Gugulethu on the Cape Flats say they cannot keep up with the current demand for ...

Not even the increases in fuel prices can deter South Africans from driving their cars.

Tough times as fuel price goes up

by Thuthuka Maseko

4 July 2018, 5:55 AM

South African motorists have expressed mixed feelings about the latest price hike after the price of fuel rose again on ...

Residents who live in informal settlements in the Cape Flats say they need paraffin to keep warm this winter.

Cape Flats residents struggling to get paraffin

3 July 2018, 2:55 PM

Some residents from informal settlements on the Cape Flats say they are struggling to cook and keep warm this winter ...

Motorists are urged to fill up their tanks before fuel price increase.

Poor hit hardest hit by fuel hike

3 July 2018, 8:05 AM

South Africans will be hard hit financially with the latest fuel hike.

The price of petrol and diesel will go up by around 26 cents a litre, paraffin by 22 cents a litre and LP-Gas by 37 cent a kilogram.

Fuel price goes up amid shutdown threats

3 July 2018, 6:03 AM

The fifth fuel price hike for this year will take effect at midnight. Petrol and diesel will go up by ...

The petrol price has gone up by 82 cents,

South Africans frustrated with fuel hike

6 June 2018, 9:23 PM

Motorists and commuters are frustrated with the latest fuel hike.

The retail price of petrol will increase by 82 cents per litre from midnight on Tuesday next week,

“Fuel hike doesn’t signal economic downturn”

2 June 2018, 9:44 AM

Economist Azar Jammine says he's confident that the massive hike in fuel prices does not spell a major downturn in ...

Motorists will be paying 49 cents more for a litre of petrol from Wednesday.

Petrol to go up by 49 cents a litre

26 April 2018, 6:37 PM

Motorists can expect a steep hike in the fuel price next Wednesday.

The main reason for this adjustment is the inclusion of the fuel levy and the road accident fund which is 62 cents per litre.

Motorists urged to fill up as fuel prices rise

by Buchule Putini

3 April 2018, 7:10 PM

Motorists are urged to fill up tonight (Tuesday) as the price of fuel is set to increase significantly.

Diesel (0.05 percent sulphur) will drop by 17c/l, as will diesel (0.005 percent sulphur), the energy department said in a statement on Sunday.

Petrol, diesel prices drop for February

by Tshepiso Moche

5 February 2018, 6:32 AM