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JOHANNESBURG - Brace for a massive fuel price increase from Wednesday.
This comes hot on the heels of a second week of Stage 6 power cuts.
Petrol is going up by a whopping R2.37 a litre for 93 octane while 95 octane will rise by R2.57.
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Diesel is going up by between R2.30 and R2.31.
Illuminating paraffin is also going up by R1.66 a litre.
Government says the main reasons for the increase are the rising crude oil prices, the rand/dollar exchange rate and the addition of levies that were halted as short-term relieve measure to address the fuel price increases.
Brace for a massive fuel price increase from Wednesday. Petrol is going up by a whopping R2,37 cents a litre for 93 octane. 95 octane will rise by R2,57 cents a litre. Diesel is going up by between R2,30 and R2,31 cents a litre. pic.twitter.com/VU0wyDVeol
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