South African motorists are facing potential increases in petrol and diesel prices early in 2025 due to a weakening rand and rising oil prices.
The latest data suggests that South Africa's motorists will be in for bad petrol and diesel price news early in 2025. This was mainly as a result of a combination of the rand depreciating against the dollar and the price of oil continuing to rise thanks to ongoing unrest in the Middle East. In recent days the rand has weakened significantly against the dollar, suggesting that South Africa’s motorists will be greeted by bad news early in the New Year.
If the market conditions were to remain consistent for the remainder of the month – an unlikely scenario with the rand/dollar exchange rate fluctuating and the oil price ever changing – an increase of 15 cents is expected for petrol 93 octane motorists and an increase of eight cents for 95 users.Finally, illuminating paraffin is expected to decrease by 11 cents.The final overall price changes for both petrol and diesel will be confirmed early next week with the new prices taking effect at midnight on There were five winners of the Daily Lotto jackpot on Monday, 23 December; here’s how much the lucky player won. Was it you? R&B superstar Usher and his wife Jenn recently attended Career Day at a school in Atlanta, where they shared insights into their careers. Here are all the stories that made the headlines on front pages of newspapers worldwide on Tuesday, 24 December 2024. Have a read … Orlando Pirates will host Marumo Gallants on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, 24 December, as they look for another three Betway Premiership point
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