Fuel price relief for cash-strapped motorists

There will be some welcome relief for motorists at the pump.

Effective from  6 August, the price of petrol will decrease by 28 cents per litre, according to the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources.

The main reasons for the fuel price adjustments are attributed to: crude oil prices, international petroleum product prices, the rand/US dollar exchange rate, and the implementation of the government levy.

Here is a detailed list of all the adjustments:

• Petrol 93 (ULP & LRP): Twenty-eight cents per litre (28.00 c/l) decrease.
• Petrol 95 (ULP &LRP): Twenty-eight cents per litre (28.00 c/l) decrease.
• Diesel (0.05% sulphur): Sixty-five cents per litre (65.00 c/l) increase.
• Diesel (0.005% sulphur): Sixty-three cents per litre (63.00 c/l) increase.
• Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale): Thirty-two cents per litre (32.00 c/l) increase.
• SMNRP for IP: Forty-three cents per litre (43.00 c/l) increase.
• Maximum Retail Price of LPGas: Sixty-nine cents per kilogram (69.00 c/kg) decrease and seventy-eight cents per kilogram (78.00 c/kg) decrease in the Western Cape.