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Some good news for South Africans as the world continues to battle the sneaky COVID-19 pandemic. Fuel prices in the country will go down from midnight on Tuesday.

The petrol price drops are substantially less than those forecast by the Automobile Association and are due to current local and international factors.Fuel prices in the country will go down from midnight on Tuesday.The price of diesel will go down by R1.33 cents and R1.34 cents a litre for different types of fuel.Minister of Minerals Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe says the price cuts are due to the current local and international factors.

“The Rand depreciated, on average, against the US Dollar during the period under review when compared to the previous one. This led to higher contributions to the Basic Fuel Prices of petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin by 40.00 c/l, 46.62 c/l and 42.26 c/l respectively.”South Africa’s fuel prices are adjusted on a monthly basis, informed by international & local factors.

 

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😂😂😂😂😂 You guys are fucking clever... I cannot stop laughing... How is it helping Here are what you must do : DSTV, INTERNET should lower their prices... Cashiers currently working must get a huge raise.. Shops must lower their prices and stop with that nonsense of petrol

Good news njani maan sibhubha nina shame

No body is buying fuel so the price has to come down, immediately people start buying it would go up times 3 the amount it was reduce to, we know your style and tactics

Senzenjani ke siphume ezindlini siyofaka iGazol. Idiotic situation

How is it going to work for us while we're being prohibited to and probably when lockdown ends it will rise up again to cover the costs lockdown.

Can the government just uphold the lockdown for that week so we can at least drive our full tanks empty and then refuel?

You are now confusing my ignorant self,, junk status jikijiki fuel price will go down

Literally when it can do nothing for us

How is that helping when 99% of the country wont be driving

The food price must also be droped

We more concerned about covid in your building.

What is good about it pple r gonna get infected even more with the days of the social grants coming n more pple on the streets its just a shame

Haska

What a clever 🧐

Good news but wjo will go out to fill up their vehicles tank

But no one is driving 🤷🤷

Are our TV gonna work with petrol now .. cause that's what we living for after lockdown

Great move

Mxm

Fuel is an essential service.

Akere mara a re ye felo...di tla se ye fase jwang

As soon as Corona goes, Petrol back to the normal nonsense price. We see you

Not really helping...caz we are grounded😢😢

Was expecting R2 decrease. Anyway weaker rand and fuel levy increase contributed

Where are we going to drive to? Can we go and fill up our tanks?

Pour gas and go where singama inmates in our own houses 🙄

Why why only when peoples are not moving around that a clever truck

No one can move without getting arrested, neh.

Is it a sign that loadshedding is on it's way coming so we must buy gasoline for generator ?

Cars will be nicely parked 🤷‍♂️

Lol and it will go up on the 16th🤣🤣🤣

Only nkere driving around .

Sneaky? It's a pandemic. It's coming at you with rage and fury, attacking everywhere. Would not describe this as sneaky at all...

No 1 can drive for next 21 days it will just go back up

There's no use Akr gareye felo

It’s a trap

We're not going anywhere mos

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