Petrol, diesel prices expected to drop in Sept

Petrol, diesel prices expected to drop in Sept

Motorists look set for some relief at the pumps in September as the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy prepares to announce fuel price adjustments.

A person refueling their car at a gas station
A person refueling their car at a gas station/Pexels/@Engin Akyurt

Preliminary data from the Central Energy Fund points to a four-cent drop for 95-grade petrol and a 12-cent decrease for 93-grade.


Diesel is expected to fall by 55-cents a litre, while paraffin could drop by 37-cents. 


READ: Consumers facing higher electricity prices after Nersa ‘error’


The declines are driven by a stable rand-dollar exchange rate and lower global oil prices.


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