Posted 03/03/2010
The retail  price of all grades of Petrol is to increase by 6 cents per litre. The wholesale price of Diesel, both 0,05% and 0,005% sulphur, is to increase by 4 cents per litre. According to the DME press release the international prices actually decreased, but the Rand/US Dollar exchange rate weakened with a mere 20 cents per US Dollar, between 29 January 2010 and 25 February 2010. The prices are adjusted in such a manner that over- or under-recovery during the prior month will be corrected in the following month.  Please click here to download the DME press release

Posted 08/01/2010
The Fuel prices increased on 29January 2010 - According to the DME press release the following price increases were announced: Petrol (All grades): 18 cents per litre increase in retail price; Diesel (0,05% and 0,005% Sulphur): 10 cents per litre increse in wholesale price. Please click here to download the information and relevant statistics 

Posted 31-12-2009
The Department of Minerals and Energy announced decreases in all Petrol retail prices and Diesel wholesale prices. These changes are effective 6 January 2010. To download the press release with all the statistics regarding the fuel price changes, please click here

Posted 30-11-2009
The Department of Minerals and Energy announced an increase of 27cents in the wholesale price for all grades of petrol as well as increases of 25 and 26 cents respectively, for the wholesale price of 0.05% and 0.005% Sulphur containing Diesel. Download the recent publication by DME for all the statistics regarding the fuel changes, by clicking here

Posted 12-10-2009
The Department of Minerals and Energy announced a decrease in prices for all Petrol, Diesel and Illuminating paraffin at wholesale and retail level. The decrease will be effective on 7 October 2009. The decrease in prices ranged from 27.5 to 40 cent per litre for the different products. An international price decrease was experienced and the Rand/US Dollar exchange rate strengthened during the period of consideration, which brought about the, local decrease in prices. Download the explanations and detailed statistics of the historic prices and the most recent fuel changes, by clicking here

Posted 26-08-2009
Effective on 2 September 2009, the Department of Minerals and Energy has announced a price increase of between 21 to 36 cents per litre of retail and/or wholesale prices for Petrol, Diesel (0,05% Sulphur), Diesel (0,005% sulphur) and Illuminating paraffin. The weakened exchange rate at the time were largely to blame for the increase. Download the detailed statistics and explanations by clikcing here

Posted 06-08-2009
The prices of petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin are expected to decrease on Wednesday 6 August 2009. The change is brought about due to changes observed in the period under review, being 26 June to 30 July 2009. During this period the international prices for the above mentioned three products decreased. Another contributing factor is the Rand/US Dollar exchange rate, which strengthened during his period, compared to the previous period. The Minister of Energy also approved an increase of 5,4c/l in the retail margin of all grades of petrol - this will also take effect on 5 August 2009. Download the press release by the Department of Minerals and Energy for the complete set of statistics and explanations in this regard.

Posted 08-05-2009
The oil price directly effect the cost of production and the final food prices. Farmers use fuel for planting, harvesting, accessing markets, etc. and agribusinesses are highly dependent on road transport to get products to different role players in the value chain. Click here to download the regional pricing zones for fuel in South Africa. The latest release by DME on the Fuel price changes in June 2009 can be obtained by clicking here.

Posted 02-02-2009
Fuel prices have increase, mostly due to the increase in the Fuel levy by governemnt, as was announced during the budget speech by Minister TRevor Manuel in February 2009. See the full stats of the changes in the prices by downloading the Press Release by DME here.

Posted 08-01-2009
The Department of Minerals and Energy published the details regarding the fuel price changes and other related statistics earlier this month. Download it here

Posted 03-12-2008
Fuel prices decreased significantly in December 2008, which is very welcomed ahead of the festive season as well as the planting season for summer grain farmers. Download the full statistics and changes in the fuel prices as published by DME.

Posted 18-11-2008
Fuel price decreases are welcomed by the South African agricultural sector. Download DME's media statement with all the statistics and explanations on the fuel price changes

Posted 29-09-2008
DME has announced yet another Fuel prices decrease, which will be effective on 1 October 2008. The mayor reason therefore being the decrease in international prices for both Petrol and Diesel. Click here to download the press release by DME.

Posted 02-09-2008
Another decrease in Fuel prices announced. Click here to download the press release by DME, containing all detail regarding the adjustment to the fuel price

Posted 05-08-2008
The increase in fuel prices since early of 2008 drastically influenced the operations and planning thereof for primary agriculture as well as agribusiness. The DME has announced a decrease in both petrol and diesel prices. Click here to download the press release by DME, stating all the details of price changes as well as the determinants thereof.