Petrol, diesel prices to increase

By Charmaine Ndlela

Consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets as the price of petrol is set to increase by 20 cents a litre from Wednesday.

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources said both grades of petrol would rise by 20 cents per litre.

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Petrol 93 (ULP and LRP) will increase by 20 cents per litre, while Petrol 95 (ULP and LRP) will also go up by 20 cents per litre.

Both grades of diesel will see steeper hikes at the wholesale level. Diesel (0.05% sulphur) will increase by 62 cents per litre, while Diesel (0.005% sulphur) will rise by 65 cents per litre, the statement said.

The price of illuminating paraffin (wholesale) will increase by 44 cents per litre, while the Single Maximum National Retail Price (SMNRP) for illuminating paraffin will rise by 58 cents per