Fuel prices are scheduled to decrease, and exact prices for different zones, are expected to be published on Tuesday, the 2nd of September 2025.
Petrol 93 (ULP & LRP): Four cents per litre (4.00 c/l) decrease.
v Petrol 95 (ULP &LRP): Four cents per litre (4.00 c/l) decrease.
v Diesel (0.05% sulphur): Fifty-six cents per litre (56.00 c/l) decrease.
v Diesel (0.005% sulphur): Fifty-seven cents per litre (57.00 c/l) decrease.
v Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale): Thirty-seven cents per litre (37.00 c/l) decrease.
v SMNRP for IP: Forty-nine cents per litre (49.00 c/l) decrease.
v Maximum Retail Price of LPGas: One hundred and thirty-two cents per kilogram (132.00 c/kg) decrease and one hundred and fifty-one cents per kilogram (151.00 c/kg) decrease in the Western Cape.
Gwede Mantashe, the Minister of Mineral Resources, said in a statement, the adjustment of fuel prices is due to local and international factors with effect from the 3rd of September 2025, including imports of both crude oil and finished products at a price set at the international level, including importation costs, and shipping costs.
The cost of Brent Crude oil, also decreased from $69.06 to $67.01.
International prices of all petroleum products also decreased in line with the decrease in crude oil prices, resulting in lower contributions to the Basic Fuel Prices (BFP) of petrol by 1.88 cents per litre (c/l), diesel by 54.35 c/l and illuminating paraffin by 35.54 c/l, respectively.
The Rand appreciated against the US Dollar (USD), (from 17.76 to 17.73 Rand per USD).