Here is the expected petrol price for May 2025

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The latest mid-month data shows that more good news should lie ahead for motorists in South Africa in early May.

As reported by The South African website, vehicle owners in Mzansi saw a sizeable decrease in the cost of both petrol and diesel earlier this month.

However, subsequent to that, Donald Trump’s controversial trade tariffs played havoc with markets around the world.

While the rand weakened significantly in the aftermath of Trump’s announcement, it has strengthened in recent days.

In addition, the brent crude oil price has plummeted – which is never a bad thing for fuel prices!

Below, the latest projections as received by The South African website from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), effective Monday, 14 April.

FUEL	PRICE CHANGE
Petrol 93	decrease of 15 cents
Petrol 95	decrease of 18 cents
Diesel 0.05%	decrease of 38 cents
Diesel 0.005%	decrease of 39 cents
Illuminating Paraffin	decrease of 31 cents

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 – a decrease of 15 cents is expected for petrol 93 octane motorists and a decrease of 18 cents for 95 users.

Meanwhile, diesel motorists would see something between a 38 and 39 cents per litre decrease.

Finally, illuminating paraffin is expected to drop by 31 cents in price.

FUEL PRICE IN SOUTH AFRICA IMPACTED BY TWO MAIN FACTORS:

1. The international price of petroleum products, driven mainly by oil prices

2. The rand/dollar exchange rate used in the purchase of these products

Oil price

At the time of publishing the brent crude oil price is $64.58 a barrel.

Exchange rate

At the time of publishing the rand/dollar exchange rate is R18.85/$.

The final overall price changes for both petrol and diesel will be confirmed early next month with the new prices taking effect at midnight on Tuesday, 6 May 2025.

Go easy on the accelerator until then, Mzansi.