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The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources had some good news for South Africa’s motorists on Tuesday.

Petrol and diesel both decreased in price – inland and at the coast – effective at midnight on Tuesday, 4 March.

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February saw both the global price of petrol decrease and the rand come in stronger relative to January 2025, leading to a marginal over-recovery in prices.

This has translated into a price decrease at the pumps for both petrol and diesel, marking the first drop in the last five months.

FUEL	PRICE CHANGE
Petrol 93	decrease of 7 cents
Petrol 95	decrease of 7 cents
Diesel 0.05%	decrease of 17.5 cents
Diesel 0.005%	decrease of 23.5 cents
Illuminating Paraffin	decrease of 6 cents

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 $70.80 a barrel.

Exchange rate

At the time of publishing the rand/dollar exchange rate is R18.48/$.

South Africa’s motorists are urged to hold off on filling up until the price decreases take effect.

The next fuel price adjustment will take effect from Tuesday, 1 April.

The new March 2025 petrol and diesel prices (Inland and Coastal):

INLAND	February (Old)	March (new)
Petrol 93	R22.16	R22.09
Petrol 95	R22.41	R22.34
Diesel 0.05%	R20.34	R20.16
Diesel 0.005%	R20.45	R20.21
Illuminating Paraffin	R14.23	R14.17

COASTAL	February (old)	March (new)
Petrol 93	R21.37	R21.30
Petrol 95	R21.62	R21.55
Diesel 0.05%	R19.55	R19.37
Diesel 0.005%	R19.69	R19.45
Illuminating Paraffin	R13.23	R13.17

Remember, while the petrol price is regulated and should* be the same at every petrol station inland or at the coast, the cost of diesel will differ depending where you fill up.